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Uninformed Citizen Scrambling To Research Last 2,500 Years Of Democracy Before Voting (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Still can't decide between a boring politician or an elderly unstable orange man with authoritarian/fascist tendencies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

One of those sounds way more exciting.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I sort of did this. I finished reading this big book from DK about the history of political philosophy just in time before early voting a couple weeks ago. It was a little personal goal of mine this year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you learn anything?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I learned not to hope for anything :p

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Say what you will about Donald Trump, he revolutionized ease of voting research.