Even if -- and I think it's ludicrous -- your "as evil as" statement were flatly true, please explain how abstaining from voting advances any cause whatsoever.
10 states have banned RCV. They're all red states.
RCV is...the least best improvement, and getting that or something better is not accomplished by "waiting." It takes action. If your only civic engagement is on a ballot every 2-4 years, you're not going to make change that way.
Paul Atkinson /
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2024-07-08 23:06:14
in reply to nevent1q…2ylx
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