It's hard to avoid completely. Just clicking the link can be considered buying American. (Even worse that Wife and I subscribe to NYT. But WaPo got cancelled)
Poland actually got rid of their right wing government in the last election in 2023 and are hopefully dumping the president who's been blocking reform. It can be done.
Unfortunately, being in the US, that would probably be another 15-20 grand to have done
Fucking hell. I told my doctors that the titanium in my arm was interfering with my rock climbing and weight lifting and they took it out. I think I paid some token fee.
I agree there is a simple and more concise way of answering, but I saw it as a teaching moment to go a bit more in depth.
Yeah, I think what you'll really get with a wall of text like this is that people don't read it and you missed the chance to influence them at all. Case in point: I didn't read your response. Just skimmed it for the above paragraph.
If you feel the need to write a lecture, at least answer the why question first. Otherwise people really don't care about the mechanics of the damned thing.
You're answering the wrong question. That's a "how" answer, not a "why" answer. Surely there is a simple one-paragraph explanation of why FPTP is terrible
Ah, crap. I thought I could get away with not looking it up. Leaving original intact for my shame.