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Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]

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Post by maxerickson »

em-bee wrote: post #100
maxerickson wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live I the US (so I'll speak to that situation), where it certainly is difficult to influence who is on the ballot for the major parties, but we do pretty much have open ballot access, where anyone that follows the process can stand for an election, and write in votes are at least very widely accepted.

the likelihood of a write-in candidate are small. i could not find any actual statistics but this article which points out that write-in candidates do win occasionaly: http://www.virginiaplaces.org/government/writein.html but the article also shows that some write-in wins are based on a technicality, like when there are more seats than nominated candidates. in other words, this is not a level playing field. write-in…

Why would the chances be equal? If we ban campaigning, should we also make it illegal to be gregarious and likeable?

My point is more that you are bemoaning your lack of influence and power, not pointing out some glaring unfairness in the system

Re: Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]

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Post by em-bee »

maxerickson wrote: post #101
em-bee wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the likelihood of a write-in candidate are small. i could not find any actual statistics but this article which points out that write-in candidates do win occasionaly: http://www.virginiaplaces.org/government/writein.html but the article also shows that some write-in wins are based on a technicality, like when there are more seats than nominated candidates. in other words, this is not a level playing field. write-in…

Why would the chances be equal? If we ban campaigning, should we also make it illegal to be gregarious and likeable? My point is more that you are bemoaning your lack of influence and power, not pointing out some glaring unfairness in the system

likeability and eg integrity of character are much better indicators of a good candidate than the amount of money they can spend to get their name promoted.

equal chance refers to the awareness and knowledge about each candidate among the voting population. that can be achieved by promoting all candidates equally.

for other qualities, we need to get a better understanding what makes good candidates, and educate voters to choose candidates based on that.

Re: Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]

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Post by Zod666 »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #91
Zod666 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, about a year ago he put a 2 year ban on foreigners purchasing homes. But his reason for doing this was housing market fluctuations due to COVID. Due to COVID?! The housing market has gone to insane levels. Certainly it's not all due to foreign buyers, but why as a citizen would I want to compete on the global market for our homes? The answer is I never want to complete globally for something that should sell lo…

I'm trying to parse your comment. You approve of what Trudeau did, but are complaining because he did it for the wrong reasons?

Old comment now but I'll reply anyway. I approve of what Trudeau did in that he temporarily stopped foreign buyers. But not only do I call bullshit on his reasoning I think foreign buyers of homes should never be allowed.

So ideally he shouldn't have to give this bullshit reason as they never should have been for sale on the global market in the first place.

That he would use this bullshit excuse tells me what type of person he is. But that's politicians.

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