@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com
2026-03-31 04:15 UTC
@carastern this is one that reflects a understanding of ProRep as only a closed party list. This isn’t a system anyone has proposed for Canada.
Essentially, it’s a straw-man.
The reason that our politicians are so subservient is due to our electoral system. It makes creating a “Startup party” almost certainly doomed. Look at what happened to Maxime Bernier, in a proportional system he’d be in parliament running a small right wing party.
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@danbrotherston@types.pl 2026-03-31 06:35
@paige @carastern this is just a cynical and very weird take. The whole point of proportional representation is to give you a reason to vote beyond “I hate the other guy”. But even leaving that aside the rest is just incoherent. It really makes you question democracy itself sometimes.