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		adwww on June 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do so few people major in computer science? (2... The creator of PHP's Xdebug (Derick Rethans) unsuccessfully stood for local elections recently. I can't think of many others though!

corpMaverick on June 29, 2020 [–]

We need "proportional representatives". So people who are known national but not locally can gain access to congress.

It also helps against gerrymandering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation

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