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No one cares about the Ontario election. Was that Doug Ford’s plan? (www.thestar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (6 children)

Yes, it was and it is, and it's gonna work, too - because most of us are stupid as fuck

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I believe voter apathy is primarily caused by FPTP/winner-take-all systems. Therefore, the only viable long term solution is proportional representation: https://lemmy.ca/c/fairvote

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not voting is not a way to achieve that though. As of now, parties get funding based on the number of votes they receive, so people should go out and vote even if the candidate they want to win doesn't have a good chance.

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

Yes, definitely still on the side of voting in proportional representation supporting candidates! So that would be NDP/Greens.

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