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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jul-2026 14:51:33 JST Matt Blaze

   "Why don't you just do your elections the way we do in my completely different country that's organized totally differently" is not likely to be as helpful as you think.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:20 JST Matt Blaze

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     • Misuse Case
     • Ms. Denie
     • BasieP

     @A_denie @MisuseCase @BasieP I don’t think there’s any electoral structure that prevents facists from taking power in a democracy. The only thing in the end that prevents fascism is not voting for fascists.

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     Ms. Denie (a_denie@toot.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:22 JST Ms. Denie

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     • Misuse Case
     • BasieP

     @MisuseCase @BasieP @mattblaze can confirm that a multiparty parliamentary system can and does yield many different type of fascists factions in parliament. Not ideal.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:23 JST Misuse Case

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     • BasieP

     @BasieP @mattblaze And yet fascist parties are ascendant in most European countries anyway.

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     BasieP (basiep@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:24 JST BasieP

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     @mattblaze wauw taking stuff personal man. Relax.
     I said 'the US', not 'Matt Blaze'.

     Also.
     I don't see any changes in the system the US use for the last 3 decades.
     So i'm sure you're looking, but nothing changes.

     Stuff like gerry mandering, commerical influence, only 2 parties, absolute power for the winner.
     Really all of europe can't imagine that stuff..

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     BasieP (basiep@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:25 JST BasieP

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     @mattblaze the US could at least look around and learn instead of sticking to 'how we do things'.

     If we all did that we would still be cavemen.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:17:25 JST Matt Blaze

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     • BasieP

     @BasieP Really? Do you actually believe that US election experts (like say, me) have NO IDEA AT ALL how other countries’ voting schemes work? We’re just sitting around waiting for some dude on social media to tell us how we should do things?

     Forgive me for not taking you the least bit seriously.