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minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agostrategic voting is what leads to party consolidation.
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoYes, humans acting rationally in a fptp system is what leads to a two party system. This is exactly the point. Or are you arguing that people should just vote randomly?
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agobeing locked into a two-party system is not rational.
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAgreed. But that really has nothing to do with the point; it’s not a “lock” it’s just what is going to happen when people act rationally.
strategic voting is what leads to party consolidation.
Yes, humans acting rationally in a fptp system is what leads to a two party system. This is exactly the point. Or are you arguing that people should just vote randomly?
being locked into a two-party system is not rational.
Agreed. But that really has nothing to do with the point; it’s not a “lock” it’s just what is going to happen when people act rationally.