UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoLive depiction of a "blue" vote in a red stronghold state, courtesy of the electoral college.hexbear.netimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageLive depiction of a "blue" vote in a red stronghold state, courtesy of the electoral college.hexbear.netUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agobut if we get rid of the electoral college, a few provincial morons in states that won’t matter wouldn’t be able to matter anymore. the horror!
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 month ago“We can’t have a tyranny of the majority! We must have a tyranny of a few fickle assholes that own land in the middle of nowhere!”
minus-squareSadArtemis [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNothing to worry about, electoral college or not it would still be just as nigh-impossible to get genuine majoritarian rule under the US’ and broader western “liberal democracy’s” system.
but if we get rid of the electoral college, a few provincial morons in states that won’t matter wouldn’t be able to matter anymore. the horror!
“We can’t have a tyranny of the majority! We must have a tyranny of a few fickle assholes that own land in the middle of nowhere!”
Nothing to worry about, electoral college or not it would still be just as nigh-impossible to get genuine majoritarian rule under the US’ and broader western “liberal democracy’s” system.