• brax@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    If the threat of losing the election was to the Liberals then yes. But until we ditch fptp we’re stuck with a two party system pretending to be a multi-party system.

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      2 days ago

      Yep, and normally I’d say you gotta just be the change and vote for a losing party to build support.

      But with what’s happening in the abyss that is the States right now, taking a step backward in order to move forward feels much more dangerous than ever before.

      We need electoral reform, but asking for it, and being promised it, sure hasn’t been working.

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      2 days ago

      Except the previous two elections had the NDP holding the balance of power?

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          2 days ago

          Not to mention that by the numbers we are still in that position. It’s just the Liberals chose a party leader who appears to have a specific hostility towards the NDP and would rather court the CPC for votes.