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“Why Letting Two People Pick the Toppings Isn’t the Slice of Democracy We Ordered” "Alright, B.C., let's talk about this two-seat conundrum. Imagine you're at a big dinner party, and only two people at the table want anchovies on the pizza. Now, somehow, they get to decide that every single slice has to have anchovies. Meanwhile, the rest of us just want a nice, regular pizza. Make sense? Not really. But here we are, thanks to our voting system. This two-seat leverage thing happens because when no one gets a clear majority, smaller parties get to play power broker, meaning they're the tiebreakers everyone's forced to listen to. It's not so much about Sonia or any one person; it's about how the system lets a few seats steer the ship. In some ways, it's like handing the remote to the one person who wants to watch golf in a room full of action movie fans. The fix? We might need to rethink the way we slice up those election results—maybe more pizza for the people, less anchovy power. So, if you're tired of two seats calling the shots, maybe it's time to vote for a system that reflects what most people actually want. Because, honestly, if we're going to argue over pizza toppings, at least let it be democracy-flavoured."

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