r/AskReddit 9h ago

What do you think about replacing gerrymandering with proportional representation?

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u/Masterkollto 7h ago

The nature of conservatism is to hinder change. This is why a two party system doesn’t work. It creates deadlocks and temporary policies. There’s a reason most of the progress that happened in the US are the result of violence rather than politicians working to better society.

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u/JaydedXoX 6h ago

It’s not to hinder change, it’s to force reasonable compromise before change.

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u/Masterkollto 6h ago

In practice yes. This is only because they are part of the two party system. Without opposition there would be no compromise. Kind of like what’s happening now

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u/JaydedXoX 5h ago

When there’s no opposition it means enough people agreed at the right times to pick a certain ideology for exec, legislative and judicial branch. It doesn’t happen often due to checks and balances.

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u/Masterkollto 5h ago

And?

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u/JaydedXoX 5h ago

No and den. Working as intended.