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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by christkv on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:27PM (#34839137)
Proportional does not work. Most European parliaments are proportional and has the same dysfunctions as the us system. The root is always the parties. They have to go.
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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by ncallaway on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:33AM (#34844539)
> The root is always the parties. They have to go.

I don't really think sortition itself would kill the parties. It does seem like a good way to weaken them, but...I suspect they would find a way to survive.

I genuinely don't know of how to do away with political parties. Is there a good example of a democratic system (or a governance by the people) that doesn't have political parties?

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