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uglykidjoel t1_j7qana3 wrote

Wait...what?! Australia? Protecting the environment?

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SilverNicktail t1_j7qyjpv wrote

They finally voted the conservative fossil fuel shills out of office and now there's a flood of environmental laws going through. And all it took was devastating wildfires and huge reductions in wildlife populations.

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CryptographerShot213 t1_j7rgkdb wrote

Impatiently waiting for this to happen in the US…

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ThinkingWithPortals3 t1_j7sas05 wrote

Our voting system is a lot less screwy than theirs, so you're probably going to be waiting for a while.

Ours is still a bit screwy, but less than them.

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pnutbrutal t1_j7v098d wrote

Is ours not more screwy with gerrymandering? In what way do you mean less screwy? Genuine question, please don’t get mad :)

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ThinkingWithPortals3 t1_j7v155e wrote

We've both got that but American gerrymandering is an art form.

They've got the electoral college, but their winner take all system basically excludes realistic third parties.

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