altodemo · HackerTrans

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I think I understood the article well.

I'm trying to compare the barriers to entry—very easy in Iceland, very difficult in US.

There are 11 confirmed candidates in Iceland's 2024 election.

Following your suggestion with population-adjusted equivalents, USA should have 9946 candidates in this year elections, if you believe that "convenience doesn't change things all that much".

With such difficult barriers of entry, we effectively bar majority of the population from running for office. I don't think it's either fair or truly democratic.

altodemo

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In one country it’s so easy, you can do it by accident (11 people this last weekend).

In US it’s possible… with hundreds of thousands signatures, thousands of $ and going through 50 bureaucratic procedures.

About the same, huh?

altodemo

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Can we focus on the fact that anyone in this country can register to run for a president?

When do we fight for such right to freely nominate and endorse each other for leadership positions in our countries, too?

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