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Re:Excess mortality across the Western World since the Covid... by eru on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:50AM (#40573444)
Well, blame the voters who reward the politicians who use these tactics with their vote?
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Re:Excess mortality across the Western World since the Covid... by myrmidon on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @08:05AM (#40573568)
Sure. But just consider a politician that just straight up buys votes:

I'm gonna blame that politician first and the voters that are on the take second, same in this situation.

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Re:Excess mortality across the Western World since the Covid... by eru on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @12:02AM (#40581274)
How do you 'buy' votes?

In most systems voting is secret and anonymous. So even if I wanted to sell my vote, the buyer can never be sure that I actually voted as promised.

Or do you mean 'buying' in the sense of politicians making promises to enact certain policies that specific voters like, if elected? If yes, that seems less like 'buying' and more like straight up democracy working as intended to me. (Even if you or me want to disagree with the outcomes.)

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