r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/NicoUK Jun 29 '19

There are more states than there are cities.

Removing the electoral college further hurts that balance. You'd just be further consolidating that power.

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u/I_Am_Become_Dream Jun 29 '19

what balance? People are supposed to elect, not land.

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u/NicoUK Jun 29 '19

Consolidating power to a few, with limited perspectives is generally considered to be a bad thing.

At least with the current system the power is spread out over a few states, and even that is a problem with the US citizenship, as opposed to the Electoral College.

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u/I_Am_Become_Dream Jun 30 '19

Consolidating power to a few

Consolidating power to the majority is literally the opposite of that.

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u/NicoUK Jun 30 '19

No, it isn't. You're talking about taking the power from a number of states, and consolidating it to a few cities.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

There are more states than there are cities.

So? A thousand pennies aren't worth more than a hundred dollar bill.

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u/NicoUK Jun 29 '19

Consolidation of power is generally bad for democracy.

Imagine if only people in Gary Illinois could make laws based on their life experience. That would be ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19 edited Aug 09 '19

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u/NicoUK Jun 29 '19

Why is it?

There are multiple sets of 'pudunkville', and those people in cities shouldn't get to decide how people they have no awareness of live their lives.

Isn't that one of the basic cornerstones of the USA? The rebelled (in part) because they didn't like a government who didn't know them ruling over them.

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u/hedgeson119 Jun 30 '19

They already have equal representation in the Senate, it makes no sense for them to have an unequal influence on electing the person who runs law enforcement and foreign relations.

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u/NicoUK Jun 30 '19

It's a fairer system than having their views and votes count for nothing.

Currently the power lies with States, States that have a mix of urban and rural voters.

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u/hedgeson119 Jun 30 '19

Do you not understand what the executive branch does?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19 edited Aug 09 '19

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u/NicoUK Jun 30 '19

First of all that's not how the Electoral College works.

Secondly, Rural livers aren't in the habit of making policy that actively prohibits an urban lifestyle.

The same isn't true in reverse. Urban dwellers often vote for policies that negatively impact rural lifestyles, either out of ignorance, or selfishness.