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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by ctrlp on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:34PM (#28439900)
If this is such a tiresome question, why is there so much ink spilled about voting rights/integrity? It seems you are one of the few people who think the system ensures oversight. If it isn't corrupt, perhaps. But what if it is? That is the situation many people think we are in now. Our elected officials do not represent the voters. They largely serve the interests of the donor class.
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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by seventytwo on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:59PM (#28440034)
Guess what the remedy is for the problems you mentioned…

Voting.

It’s the fundamental feedback system in the US.

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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by ctrlp on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:01AM (#28444199)
It is a system that is being threatened to irrelevance by institutional corruption. Voting as a feedback mechanism seems not to be able to survive the capture of our political and administrative institutions. There are other countries that demonstrate elections don't guarantee anything. It matters who makes the rules, and who can buy/count votes. Your response is very glib and inadequate to the challenges of democracy.
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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by TeeMassive on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:37PM (#28440263)
Iran, Russia and even North-Korea have elections....
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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by iammisc on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:10AM (#28441156)
In fact north Korea has mandatory voting
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Re:Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant mic... by ddingus on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @03:09AM (#28441854)
Vote for what?

Two parties = lack of people, ideas to vote FOR.

There are no easy answers here.

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