Super difficult to study these oligarchs scientifically because they are so weird

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Spooky season is an appropriate term for right now, as we count down the days until a likely horrific election & aftermath.

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Contrast that with the US where the largest minority party has unchecked power. Parliamentary* #ProportionalRepresentation systems can take a while to get things done, but at least what they do has broad support of the voters. * PR in presidentialism doesn't require a governing coalition.

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Student intern for the TX State Court System’s IT department. I suspect my good ol boy management favored W over Ann Richards. The thing about that period is so many people in state govt/UT enacted his shit policies bc they thought it would get them a job in DC & the only people who cashed in

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favors are Ted Cruz & multiple Supreme Court justices. I had multiple friends whose programs assigned them work on behalf of the governor’s office where the execs/faculty thought it was going to win them political favors (it did not). Newsom et all are not that organized nor as ruthless.

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