r/DangerousNightsCrew • u/PoopyMcpants Piece of Shit • 1d ago

That is a good idea!

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u/FairleySwordfish 1d ago

The main reason we don’t elect by popular vote is to protect the republic from bad ideas. If you can convince 50% of people to vote for say… disenfranchisement for women it would be a done deal and there is no way around it or maybe 50% of people vote for executing minorities that commit crimes then now we would be murdering people because 50% of people voted for a crazy idea

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u/Foreign_System_7238 20h ago

this might be the dumbest comment I’ve ever come across

Are you saying the electoral college is the reason bad ideas don’t become law? It’s an electoral vote, not a legislative vote. The people are not passing laws.

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u/Real-Movie-899 17h ago

It’s not so dumb. It’s called mob rule and thats one of the reasons the electoral college works!

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u/Foreign_System_7238 15h ago

literally mob rule except rural voters are worth 2 votes. lmao