• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The debate is literally an agreement between Donald trump and kamala Harris. There is no neutral debate commission involved. This doesn’t really make sense.

    Those candidates are free to have their own debate if they think they can convince someone to put them on TV.

    Edit: Also is Jill Stein a “moderate”?

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      2 months ago

      I think the point he’s trying to make here is about the undemocratic nature of the election system, in which only the two frontrunners have a chance.

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        2 months ago

        But there is no public debate commission, and no public funding going to these debates. It’s two campaigns making a deal with a private TV network to show them on TV arguing with each other. Should there be a public debate commission? And if there were, would it be appropriate to feature more candidates? Maybe! But as is, the only real issue is that the vast majority of the public does not care about these candidates.