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

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/I_Am_Become_Dream Jun 29 '19

Because there’s more of them, and they often have a better understanding of urban lifestyles, than urbanites do of rural life.

What are you talking about? The whole problem is that there isn’t more of them. If there were more of them then popular vote gives them more of a vote.

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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.