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[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Although no-one likes the Québécois, and they don't like anyone else either, their linguistic and cultural ties to Europe allowed them to bring the Civil Code, delicious pastries, and proportional representation to the Constitution of this new country.

However they are now very resentful of the positive effect this had on the other States and a separatist Québécois party is trying to impose a Federal Pastry Export Moratorium.

[-] scv@discuss.online 3 points 8 months ago

Could you say more about Quebec and proportional representation? I tried searching all I found were some articles about Quebec hating non proportional representation.

I live in the US were as far as I know proportional representation is not a thing, which is incredibly useful to maintain the two party system. I come from a more civilized place with proportional representation and universal healthcare and it hurts so much to see how broken this country is.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Québec doesn't have it, I'm European but I can only surmise that were they given a chance, they'd run with the opportunity to fix FPTP. Unlike the Anglosphere they are way less stuck with the "we have to democracy the British way" mindset.

[-] scv@discuss.online 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you, it's just crazy how bad the electoral system is in the US.

Pointless side note: autocomplete wrote "electrical system" above and that is also true.

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

idn dawg, I haven’t had an issue with the US electrical grid in the past ten years and the local energy companies are leaning hard into renewables.

[-] scv@discuss.online 2 points 8 months ago

https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/why-us-lose-power-storms/

The US ranks 126 by percentage of renewable energy production in the world. Also this has nothing to do with the quality of the grid.

You might live in an area where the grid is good, but a lot of the US is an embarrassment. Propane had a storm this winter that left a lot of people without power for several days. Texas is... Texas it can't handle cold or hot weather. California's grid main purpose seems to be starting fires.