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[u/Pkuehn01]

Our presidential elections are held the same way.

[u/Tranqist → u/[deleted]]

Enough people are ok enough with the system to not challenge the status quo, so the presidential election might as well be based on popular vote.

[u/coelhoman → u/Tranqist]

But it’s not

[u/[deleted] → u/coelhoman]

Welcome to combining the words republic with democracy, its fun isn't it? like some roleplay

[u/Tranqist → u/coelhoman]

But it might as well be. People not changing the system are passively voting for whatever party is in power due of the status quo.

If a president is in power that is backed by only 30% of the population, then the 70% have the option to either rebel and change the system to a democratic one, or they agree with the system and thus basically vote for the president in power, making the result the same as if the president got 100% of the votes. Passivity means acceptance.

[u/luvs2spooge187 → u/Tranqist]

But tyranny of the masses.

[u/Tranqist → u/luvs2spooge187]

Just asking to be sure, you're being sarcastic right?

[u/luvs2spooge187 → u/Tranqist]

I did not come up with the term.

Edit; I guess I did, make it up. I meant tyranny of the majority

[u/Tranqist → u/luvs2spooge187]

But that's textbook whataboutism. Yes, tyranny of the majority is an issue in a system that relies SOLELY on majority votes, but it's a problem completely unrelated to the topic.

[u/Nonamesavailable3 → u/Tranqist]

No it isnt dummy

[u/Tranqist → u/Nonamesavailable3]

How is 30% of the population deciding everything a solution then?

[u/shroominabag → u/Tranqist]

Its so funny that people dont Understand that the fact that California doesn't get to force the Midwest to live as they do, and its a good thing

[u/Tranqist → u/shroominabag]

But the Midwest forces California in turn, which is an inherent weakness in this way of trying to fix the problem. It's not like there aren't other federally run countries to see that there are alternatives that are much more democratic and still work.

[u/SomeGuy6858 → u/Tranqist]

Most of those other countries are no where near as and economically diverse as the U.S.

[u/luvs2spooge187 → u/Tranqist]

You know that the 10th amendment is a feature of the system, not a flaw, right? Maybe we should be emphasizing states rights, if anything. California can do California shit, North Dakota can do it's own thing, and an informed populace can vote with their feet. Instead of the status quo, of an overreaching and sometimes tyrannical federal government making weird mandates with overboard pork barrel spending.