@IdiditagainR4D @LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer The reason that there are no really big parties anymore is partially due to ontzuiling and partially due to all those small parties hogging seats
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Ewoud Storm
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Ewoud Storm
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Thinker. Interested in: (geo)politics and history.
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@ewoud_storm @LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer 5% is way too high. Small parties aren't the problem. The problem is that no party is over 30 seats (closer to 25 now)
The problem is the middle parties
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@LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer ... you mean the single transferable vote system? It's used by several countries, like Australia and Ireland. Google's your friend!
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@ewoud_storm @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer and if you really want electoral thresholds, you should have second preferences for those that voted for an "unpopular" party, which afaik no country does
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@IdiditagainR4D @LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer Nah, make the seats proportional to population so it has to rise and fall automatically and raise the threshold to something like 5 procent. You can't poldermodel when nobody can agree on anything and majorities are impossible
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@ewoud_storm @LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer We have an electoral threshold, it is just 0.67%.
It should stay this way, but double the amount of seats
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@LordMudkip73 @ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer Take a look at the state of the Dutch parliament to see the lack of electoral thresholds in action
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@ThatGarthGuy @llwtydeer what's the problem with a party having a single seat?
I hate electoral thresholds
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@agraybee That's when many of the problems we see today were building up steam and were, due to many factors, ignored or unsuccessfully tackled by those glorified bureaucrats. Turns out you do need a bit of a vision to properly govern a country
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@ewoud_storm This was 10-ish years ago.
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Not entirely true. There are an uncomfortable amount of wicked problems coming due in the Netherlands at the moment. Nitrogen, housing, the electric grid, et cetera. But America is just a lot bigger, more diverse, and way more powerful
Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs)@agraybee
I knew a Dutch guy obsessed with American politics. When I asked him why he said his country's politics were just glorified bureaucrats accusing each other of wasting taxpayer money. American politics are about the soul of civilization.
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That didn't stop them because these places were built *before* the car was a thing!
The Netherlands, for example, has amazing medieval cities, and it also has Flevoland. Flevoland is the most American region in the Netherlands because it was built *after* the car was a thing
ApoStructura@ApoStructura
America doesn’t have a car dependency problem, it has a placemaking problem. Tuscany is super car dependent, so is the French Riviera. But that doesn’t stop them from building incredible pedestrian destinations. You drive there and park OUTSIDE of the pedestrian destination.
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@JoshSchoen @Urban_Connector Well outside of the city center things cool down a lot (depending on the neighbourhood), though I get the want for more calm. Seems to me that Utrecht is fast becoming a metropolis like Amsterdam or The Hague but is having trouble with the medieval nature of its infrastructure
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@ewoud_storm @Urban_Connector yes, it’s way too intense.
glad to live in Den Bosch where it feels much more chill to bike around, especially with kids
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@JoshSchoen @Urban_Connector Utrecht has some problems as well. Around the Neude and Central Station there's just way too little traffic capacity. Busses, cars, endless streams of cyclists. Don't know how you'd fix it, but it's clear to me that there needs to be a major overhaul
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@Urban_Connector biking in amsterdam is imo insane and way too intense vs other cities in NL
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Historians will note that the most destabilizing force of the early 21st century was the group chat
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the strait of hormuz is in a quantum superposition of open and closed that only collapses when you try to take a tanker through yourself and see if you get shot at
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@agraybee You ever listened to the testimonies of the pilots or high-ranking intel officers?
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Don't you think it's weird that UFO sightings almost never happen in the morning, when most people aren't drunk.
Bill Maher@billmaher
If you don’t believe aliens are here and observing us, maybe you’re the conspiracy theorist.
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This is a choice Merz is making. It absolutely does not have to be this way.
He correctly campaigned on restarting nuclear plants. Now he claims nothing can be done.
There are no significant technical obstacles. The economics are favorable. The public supports it.
This is a weak excuse from a weak leader.
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NEW - German Chancellor Merz: "German federal governments had previously decided to phase out nuclear energy. The decision is irreversible. I regret that, but that's how it is."
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@PoliTeo0 Heb je je ingelezen in de situatie of zit je lekker uit emotie te tweeten? Mag hoor
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De nieuwe Pro-US rechtse regering in Bolivia heeft nu al problemen, door neoliberale beleid is er een directe prijsstijging van tot 161% op producten zoals olie en gas.
De arbeiders unies maken dan ook duidelijk wie de baas is, directe staking, geen gesprek en terugdraaien.
Ollie Vargas@Ollie_Vargas_
Bolivia's workers unions announce an indefinite general strike against the neoliberal austerity measures announced this week. No dialogue or negotiation, all the measures must be repealed first. No honeymoon period for the right-wing govt.
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It's also the worst Green Party in Europe because it opposes high-speed rail and nuclear power.
cez@cezthesocialist
The Green Party of England and Wales is now the largest Green party in Europe.
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Mag in t coalitie akkoord een tv verbod voor Henk Kampf? De man die Groningen genaaid heeft, de reden achter de toeslagenaffaire is.
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