• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    Please fucking no - majority governments suck.

    Compromise is a necessary part of the political process.

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      There is no compromise with MAGA. The conservatives need to purge that element of their party.

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        A minority government composed of LPC and NDP or BQ.

        The LPC shouldn’t have unilateral control but should be required to sell their policies to the other policies.

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      Minority governments are unstable, unpredictable, and result from very close-call elections. They may be okay-ish at getting progressive domestic policies passed, but the priority should be strong foreign policy for the near term. A majority is at least stable and consistent.

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        I’m a Canadian-US dual citizen - the US can only exist in two forms: supermajority and dysfunction. Trump is an outcome of this binary choice because either someone can do everything they want or nothing - majority governments are a terrible outcome because the divisions of us, the populace, get subsumed by the party platform and policies that may represent just over a quarter of the population can get forced through.

        When you have a minority government you need to give and take and policies end up better aligned to the public will - including priorities that the plurality party may not focus on (like the NDP’s new dental plan).

        Everyone except the CPC is united in rejecting American expansionism. If we have a minority government there will be no hesitation when it comes to telling Americans to fuck off.

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      Yes, but unfortunately we have a system that only produces minorities when you’re very close to the other guy getting a majority.