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1. clayto+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-04 13:49:57
> Surely you want the leader that most Americans voted for?

I prefer not to live in the Hunger Games world, personally.

Those books are a brilliant exploration of the tyranny of urban clusters.

The electoral college is an effective foil to that.

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2. lostlo+Tp[view] [source] 2026-02-04 15:55:18
>>clayto+(OP)
I wouldn’t call the US system ‘effective’. The US system is spiralling and it’s getting dystopian. The hunger games analogy is fitting, with The Patriot Games coming right up.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/patriot-games-an...

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