RedFishBlueFish

Politics, EA, Constitutional Design

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[RedFishBlueFish @RFishBlueFish]

My constitutional design series is complete! If you've ever wondered anything like "which is the best voting system, taking into account practical concerns?", read it! 20 posts, most 10-15 min read

Here is a thread with all the posts here, starting from highlights

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LETSGOOOO

[VoteHub @VoteHub]

VoteHub projects Scott Wiener to advance from the Nonpartisan primary for California U.S. House District 11.

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@Politics_Reply I am in the midst of developing thoughts. My preliminary thoughts are that these kind of name games are undemocratic and Other Dan Sullivan should not be running, but i'm not totally settled on whether incumbent labels should be on the ballot

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The “no spoilers” part is the only true part about RCV. And even that is only partly true

[Matthew S. Shugart @laderafrutal]

Okay, this has bugging me. Maine has RCV and pro-RCV folks have been saying for years that their pet system means more and better choices, less negativity, less polarization, and no spoilers.

Why isn’t a reasonable independent running with real chance to win? Might it happen?

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky This is also all extremely unrelated to the discussion above

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky Take a second to reflect on how insane this is

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky ???? That 1 million dollars is not going to the visa recipient.

It’s true that visas allow you to get a job, but that is not what anyone has ever meant by “material benefit”

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky Feel free to block me :)

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky Like I said, this is the level of intellect attracted to this take

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky These by definition aren't "illegals", and visas are not material benefits

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky Alex this is the level of intellect attracted to your take

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@Politics_Reply @AlexGodofsky When you definitely understand what a conversation is about

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@AlexGodofsky Anyway, as to the main point, I think it depends. Some instances of it are clearly not fine, like Israel heavily filters immigration stuff based on whether they’ll vote for Bibi

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@AlexGodofsky Other than being clearly unconstitutional and counter to free speech

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@AlexGodofsky I must be missing the context, isn’t the main debate about the Trump admin revoking international student visas bc of protests

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@AlexGodofsky Non-citizens are still protected by most of the same constitutional rights! But even regardless of whether the first amendment formally protects them, free speech is a broader social concept that of course also applies to foreigners

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@AlexGodofsky Why not

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@AlexGodofsky What

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@AndyMasley @alexklinger FWIW having not followed things closely I did assume you had said something like that and definitely stand corrected

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@LinkofSunshine Not a good time for companies to come out as woke

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@MoneynSociety Yes lol https://t.co/HGbSIxGOe3

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The “no spoilers” part is the only true part about RCV. And even that is only partly true