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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (44 children)

Then why is the government so completely dominated by the right if most politically active people are on what Americans call the left?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

As others pointed out, there's major structural issues. There's also issues with apathy and people buying into the anti-electoralism/accelerationism con with religious ferver.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It's not hard to be anti-electoral when elections don't seem to ever fucking work

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

because Dems allowed gerrymandering to go without protest

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