“Every previous president would have ended it by now.”

“Biden literally couldn’t do worse.”

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Unfortunately the American electoral system is not ranked choice, so “bar of acceptability” isn’t a functionally meaningful concept. In American elections, the situation is as I’ve described above. Refusing to choose one of the two primary options functionally means you find both primary options equally acceptable.

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      3 months ago

      duverger’s “law” has no predictive value. it’s a tautology as empty as “supply and demand”.

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      3 months ago

      “bar of acceptability” isn’t a functionally meaningful concept.

      it is in ethics