A Cool Dude@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agoSocialism is not even radicallemmy.mlimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down139
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minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-23 hours agoIt’s not supposed to counter capitalism or any one political ideology. It’s supposed to create more proportional representation. If everyone in a city is a conservative, then ranked voting will still skew conservative.
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 hours agoIts impossible to have a government that represents the people, if capital stands above the political system.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 minutes agoYou fix that by seizing the means of production, generally with unions. You protect union rights by both voting for candidates that will protect unions, and also fighting to unionize your own workplace.
It’s not supposed to counter capitalism or any one political ideology. It’s supposed to create more proportional representation. If everyone in a city is a conservative, then ranked voting will still skew conservative.
Its impossible to have a government that represents the people, if capital stands above the political system.
You fix that by seizing the means of production, generally with unions.
You protect union rights by both voting for candidates that will protect unions, and also fighting to unionize your own workplace.