In FPTP, not really because voting third party can split the vote between multiple parties meaning that none of them get a relative majority of votes and their common opponent wins instead. The system encourages you to vote for the next closes party that is the most likely to get more votes (strategic voting). It entirely favours a 2 party dynamic

This is a good video explanation that you may have seen before as it is popular

From my experience as someone who lives in Alberta and who considers himself English Canadian, no one here actively hates french language or culture. We simply don’t have enough of a need for french or enough of a cultural presence to really embrace it, and anyone who wants to has to actively go out of their way to do so. Maybe it’s different in Ontario, but it isn’t racism or hate. We simply don’t use it

It’s a system designed to keep the 2 parties in power. Voting third party means your vote is effectively wasted in a FPTP system

I have an 04 canyon and it’s ran great with proper maintenance and some repairs. Modern vehicles should last a long time as long as you put the needed maintenance into them

If you aren’t far left then you are far right!

Also, these leaders have little in common and I don’t know where you got the idea Mussolini is a western hero

Ok that’s what I thought thinking back on it. I don’t use french often enough to really be certain all the time

Schedule would be a great word

I don’t know where you are from but where I am in Canada French class is graded quite generously

From what I can find and from what I know, it is grammatically correct however French is not my first language. As an English speaker I would probably go “parler le français”

This goes into a fight over philosophy of human nature. However, since the days of the Roman republic over 2000 years ago where capitalism wasn’t even a concept, people have used political systems to consolidate and gain power over others. It is undoubtabele that there will be people who try to co-opt the system for their personal gain

On a somewhat unrelated note I have a Ukrainian classmate who had to return to Ukraine to renew his passport (they suspended consular services outside Ukraine). He has about 2 weeks before turning 18 and being legally banned from leaving the country. Hope the best for him

Weaponized laser sharks invading the harbour

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I searched the # of a place I work for and it said it was from some random lady in Florida. I do not live anywhere near Florida

People who aren’t good at presentation making think that they are supposed to convey absolutely everything they are saying and be crammed full of information. I was doing a group presentation sometime ago where my group members insisted I put paragraphs of info in my slides and were worried we would fail for not enough information. Even after explaining that they were meant to guide the audience in what I was going to say, they insisted that it was wrong

Bumbulum is such a great word

As someone from english Canada, our french second language courses wre the bare minimum that you can consider as a language course up until grade 10. It is the same concepts year after year, and you are left with nothing to show for it

How DARE you EVER complain about work, wage slave.

What a beautiful dog!

Yeah, no, this isn’t exactly unpopular on the majority of Lemmy lmao. With how reductive the Republican party is being, particularly towards foreign policy, I wouldn’t put backdoor deals out of the question. HOWEVER, there is no physical proof that they aren’t just aggressively trying to isolate America for their own America first reasons. Perhaps it is explained by Hanlon’s razor for all we know