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The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Current research overstates American support for political violence | PNAS
Political scientists, pundits, and citizens worry that America is entering a new period
of violent partisan conflict. Provocative survey data show ...
www.pnas.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.
2/ but the frequency in the last ten years is far higher than the 10 before, which is similarly higher than the decade before that.
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
Key Findings - Comprehensive Mass Shooter Data - The Violence Project
The findings from The Violence Project's Mass Shooter Database are known worldwide. Explore the data we have pulled from our database as key insights.
www.theviolenceproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
2/ but the frequency in the last ten years is far higher than the 10 before, which is similarly higher than the decade before that.
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
1/ The frequency is vastly increased from 10 years ago. In 2025, it's actually down, but it's still about 50% more than in 2014.
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts | CNN
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about mass shootings in the United States.
edition.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1/ The frequency is vastly increased from 10 years ago. In 2025, it's actually down, but it's still about 50% more than in 2014.
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
Is it though? The US is seeing mass shootings every two weeks. inevitably, some shooters are locked onto politics, but the real problem is so many people with mental health issues that aren´t being helped, and are being armed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Is it though? The US is seeing mass shootings every two weeks. inevitably, some shooters are locked onto politics, but the real problem is so many people with mental health issues that aren´t being helped, and are being armed.
The US´s dual party thing is a huge problem. In Canada, there are two main parties, but there are others, and there is competition. It changes over time. US parties seem sclerotic. A vs. B isn't helpful if they are both captured. I guess RCV is helpful if you're stuck in Highlander.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The US´s dual party thing is a huge problem. In Canada, there are two main parties, but there are others, and there is competition. It changes over time. US parties seem sclerotic. A vs. B isn't helpful if they are both captured. I guess RCV is helpful if you're stuck in Highlander.
Being Canadian, I have not thought much about it. I guess I don´t see the point of a separate president, but I don´t object to it either... looking at France as a sanish version of that.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Being Canadian, I have not thought much about it. I guess I don´t see the point of a separate president, but I don´t object to it either... looking at France as a sanish version of that.
There's lots of FSD FUD (e.g. "reports" and lawsuits that did not use FSD) FSD never tries to go through lights for me. I have my brake foot ready just in case. Sample size: 1. I will wait to see the results of the NHTSA investigation before concluding anything.
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There's lots of FSD FUD (e.g. "reports" and lawsuits that did not use FSD) FSD never tries to go through lights for me. I have my brake foot ready just in case. Sample size: 1. I will wait to see the results of the NHTSA investigation before concluding anything.
I think many of us have gotten very used to typing, it's effectively faster than talking. I mean, when we talk, we are very clumsy, with "ha, hum" and the wrong homonym, etc... typing seems to need just the right amount of attention. I think talking also interferes with thinking.
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I think many of us have gotten very used to typing, it's effectively faster than talking. I mean, when we talk, we are very clumsy, with "ha, hum" and the wrong homonym, etc... typing seems to need just the right amount of attention. I think talking also interferes with thinking.
uh... I used a normal mouse and keyboard... anyways... two weeks ago I was using FSD, and it pulled over to the side of the road when it heard the siren and saw an ambulance coming the other way. It was pretty perfect for that. I haven't encountered FSD with a school bus yet though.
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
uh... I used a normal mouse and keyboard... anyways... two weeks ago I was using FSD, and it pulled over to the side of the road when it heard the siren and saw an ambulance coming the other way. It was pretty perfect for that. I haven't encountered FSD with a school bus yet though.
2/ I´d rather have minorities and coalitions and coaxing in public. The natural number of political parties is: many. and with a dozen or so, and coalitions to form functional majorities, I hope to see less partisan pendulum, and more negotiation and consensus.
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
2/ I´d rather have minorities and coalitions and coaxing in public. The natural number of political parties is: many. and with a dozen or so, and coalitions to form functional majorities, I hope to see less partisan pendulum, and more negotiation and consensus.
1/ I just don´t see generating an artifical majority as a good goal for a voting system. I´d rather NOT give absolute power to anybody for x years. I´d rather vote for a whole whack of people to have to talk things through for a few years. Then pick a new batch.
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
1/ I just don´t see generating an artifical majority as a good goal for a voting system. I´d rather NOT give absolute power to anybody for x years. I´d rather vote for a whole whack of people to have to talk things through for a few years. Then pick a new batch.
fwiw... I have it. I never use that mode... but I use the other three (Sloth, Standard, and Hurry) and they basically do what you expect. People shouldn´t drive like Mad Max, so I don´t. How fast does your car go?
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
fwiw... I have it. I never use that mode... but I use the other three (Sloth, Standard, and Hurry) and they basically do what you expect. People shouldn´t drive like Mad Max, so I don´t. How fast does your car go?
2/ As for summoning a Tesla in Vancouver from Montréal, Even once it is technically working, I expect several years of governments and insurance companies figuring out how regulations will work going forward. FSD is going to work. It will just take a decade or more.
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
2/ As for summoning a Tesla in Vancouver from Montréal, Even once it is technically working, I expect several years of governments and insurance companies figuring out how regulations will work going forward. FSD is going to work. It will just take a decade or more.
1/As of now, it drives safely on it's own, mostly. It's taken way longer than he said. The timeline is a fail, sure. But the trajectory is there. robocab is deployed a bit. Based on progress so far, it actually will get there eventually, assuming they can hold on to their people and keep improving.
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
1/As of now, it drives safely on it's own, mostly. It's taken way longer than he said. The timeline is a fail, sure. But the trajectory is there. robocab is deployed a bit. Based on progress so far, it actually will get there eventually, assuming they can hold on to their people and keep improving.
Well, I won't set foot there anyways. Has a shutting the barn door after the horses have fled kind of feel to it. Clearly, the US does not want any unnecessary international travel. Fine. Conferences etc... need to happen elsewhere.
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Well, I won't set foot there anyways. Has a shutting the barn door after the horses have fled kind of feel to it. Clearly, the US does not want any unnecessary international travel. Fine. Conferences etc... need to happen elsewhere.
The recalls number for Tesla is totally bogus. I've had hundreds of "recalls" on my Tesla, and a total of one of them involved touching the car. There was a wiring issue for the trunk that was a real recall. The rest were included in software updates. Government calls that a recall. bogus.
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The recalls number for Tesla is totally bogus. I've had hundreds of "recalls" on my Tesla, and a total of one of them involved touching the car. There was a wiring issue for the trunk that was a real recall. The rest were included in software updates. Government calls that a recall. bogus.