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		maxxxxx on June 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Politics is bad because we use an 18th century vot... If an extreme party gets maybe 5 percent they deserve representation if you like them or not.

sanxiyn on June 1, 2018 [–]

I disagree. The idea of approval voting is that if majority is against for you to be a representative, you shouldn't be a representative. This is "the will of the people", per representative basis.

maxxxxx on June 1, 2018 | [–]

You know the term "tyranny of the majority"?

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