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suprchnk:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

fergusonwatch:

via

so, every time a Black person is killed by a white person, a buncha people go out of their way not to care by googling Black on Black crime so they can convince themselves there’s no problem.

what a wonderful world we live in

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bellamyyoung:

meanwhile i’m asking the real fuckin questions

chanel-tiger:

When forest fires create a smog so thick your whole city turns apocalyptic

canada operates under a first past the post (fptp, majority rule) electoral system which means that whatever candidate gets the majority of the votes in an electoral district gets the seat. this seems like a good idea in theory but in practice it allows politicians to get elected to office even when most of the voters in their district did not vote for them. for example if candidate A get’s 30% of the votes and candidates B, C, D share the other 70% of the votes candidate A will get the seat while candidates B-D get nothing.

as a result of this electoral system strategic voting is one the only ways the voters in a district can avoid a candidate they strongly dislike getting elected. more specifically, all voters who don’t like candidate A should vote for the same candidate (let’s say candidate D) so that candidate A won’t get the majority.

recently a non-partisan, non-profit orginization, leadnow, started a campaign to “vote together”. this involves voters pledging to vote for whichever candidat reduces the likelihood that the conservative candidate won’t get a seat. each district would decide on a candidate to collectively vote for and hopefully this organized and strategic voting would overcome one of the major downfalls of the fptp electoral system.

it’s a pretty fascinating concept because it takes a relatively undemocratic concept (candidates getting elected with less than 50% of the votes) and offers a short term solution (the long term solution being implementing a more democratic electoral system).  

if you’re canadian or find electoral systems and comparative democracy interesting you can check out the project at leadnow.ca and votetogether.ca

my-nail-beds-suck:

ransom & holster my sleepy faves

the-pietriarchy:

there’s this very specific type of middle aged man who acts overly friendly and flirty to young women in the service industry and then thinks that he still has game because said women just smile awkwardly in response