Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "What Power Do the Independents Have Over Trump? || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. He likes how Texas treats businesses compared to California. That said he also mentions corporate friendliness is the only thing really going for TX, which has to rely on adult migrants to keep its economic prestige going like most other petrostates.
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  2. Those aren't statistically accurate polls, self-selection is too biased to those who even know of the poll's existence. People are called at random for this reason.
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  3. Unfortunately the voting method has to fundamentally change first, say to ranked-choice. A winner-take-all ballot naturally converges on two choices: the one victor, and the collection of losers.
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  4. We need a new polling scheme that allows for a viable alternative to the choice between either "winner" and "loser", say ranked-choice ballots.
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  5. That just means you waive your rights and unconditionally surrender to the results.
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  6. Correctable annoyances vs state abuses that people seriously emigrate out of. It's rationally not hard decision to make, really one driven by emotions.
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  7. The appearance of fraud is how Republicans rally for votes among its overall minority voting base, even though the actual cases of voter fraud we're always found among Republican voters using their vacation home to register for an extra ballot.
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  8. Unfortunately spoiler votes just means the worst candidate for you wins; PZ detailed how independents up until Trump always end up voting against themselves, and it's not likely to change once he's gone. Real change would only happen by infiltrating into the existing setup.
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