I really don't understand how countries like the USA can be even considered a democracy, when the only choice is swinging between two parties that only really make headway on a small handful of issues. The same goes for a lot of countries with a similar system. Over time, parts of the system get locked into a certain path through manipulation and then people vote between a small subset of two issues.
It's much more like an oligarchy with a sprinkle of democracy thrown in, rather than true representative leadership.
I really don't understand how countries like the USA can be even considered a democracy, when the only choice is swinging between two parties that only really make headway on a small handful of issues. The same goes for a lot of countries with a similar system. Over time, parts of the system get locked into a certain path through manipulation and then people vote between a small subset of two issues.
It's much more like an oligarchy with a sprinkle of democracy thrown in, rather than true representative leadership.
Interesting, especially the turnout figures. Apathy is a bitch.
(But damn I wish substack didn't disable pinch-to-zoom. I tried to give feedback, but their customer service chatbot wasn't sympathetic.)
I didn't even notice substack was being an ass because I've told my browser (Brave) to Force Enable Zoom.
So if Dems show up for the midterms there’s a chance!
The Supreme Court vs lower courts is wild.
Phenomenal. Just wish I knew if this was under a CC license.
It doesn't explicitly mention a license, but it has this right underneath "Overview of the Insights" near the top:
> A quick note: All of the data visualizations in this roundup are free to use as common content. You are welcome to share and republish them.
Very interesting, this was just dead a moment ago, but the charting and data viz seems great!