RE: Petition to abolish the Electoral College
October 15, 2020 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2020 at 9:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 15, 2020 at 9:39 am)Angrboda Wrote: The electoral college isn't functional toward any good end anymore, if it ever was. The founders had good intentions, but not everything they built should be preserved.
That's true enough, but is this the objection? If so, if it could be employed towards a functional good end, then it would no longer be a problem, but a solution.
This is exactly how the current GOP sees it - and they're not wrong in principle even if they are wrong in the details at present.
Similarly, people may not be rational agents (we disagree here), but even if they aren't..does that mean that they don't deserve representation? OFC not. The premise of democracy is that we all count, all of our opinions and allegiances, even the stupid irrational ones.
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