Stephen Elliott~Buckley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@dedicto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dedicto</span></a></span> </p><p>Still stunning when I talk to Americans about how <a href="http://elections.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">elections.ca</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> even just exists.</p><p>Like, they don't know that actual political parties running elections is inherently corrupt and is not even close to democracy.</p><p>We are in a federal election now, and no one is going to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hangingchad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hangingchad</span></a> us or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jan6</span></a> us.</p><p>This isn't brain surgery.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elbowsup</span></a></p>