• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    The US also has 5 times as many people as France.

    Europe can have snap elections, but we don’t try and have elections for every European country at once, with two leaders trying desperately to visit each one to win support.

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      2 months ago

      You can have 5 times more people counting votes and organizing things. I dont understand this excuse. Democracy can scale, especially nowadays with technology.

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        2 months ago

        For reference

        EU population (2023) 448,922,216

        US population (2023) 339,996,563

        Not that European Parliament is going to just have new elections like that

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        2 months ago

        That presumes the EU would be dumb enough to try the electoral college on for size again

        That’s right we know where that shit came from you HRE and PLC descended fuckers!

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        2 months ago

        Given the events of the last week, I can certainly see them being a bit more picky about lines of sight from nearby tall buildings.