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Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

given how little one vote matters

Man what a shit way to think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it is the honest way. One individual vote has no effect in a pool of millions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s not the point. If everyone believes their one vote doesn’t matter then yes, continue on with this futile thinking as it will surely not make a difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ideally, it is one divided by population. In practice, because of the electoral college, and because money is speech are corporation are people, it is still way way less than 0.000'000'003