silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoAOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal: Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bnwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down12
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkAOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal: Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bnwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago@silence7 what would be really good would be if the US could have proportional representation. And if I could win the lottery and cure cancer and…
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoProportional representation doesn’t solve all our problems; there are enough Republicans that they may well win a majority.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoNo, but it would mean that people wouldn’t have to choose Biden type candidates or worry about splitting the vote. Proportional representation means parties can’t govern alone just because they have a plurality. I also think you’d find some Republicans split into smaller rightwing parties.
@silence7 what would be really good would be if the US could have proportional representation.
And if I could win the lottery and cure cancer and…
Proportional representation doesn’t solve all our problems; there are enough Republicans that they may well win a majority.
No, but it would mean that people wouldn’t have to choose Biden type candidates or worry about splitting the vote.
Proportional representation means parties can’t govern alone just because they have a plurality.
I also think you’d find some Republicans split into smaller rightwing parties.