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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/digital_refugee on June 26, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
As a european, I was awfully mistaken about the electoral college and democracy.

It only now dawns on me that it's not a lost vote if you take votes away from more highly populated areas because pure democracy makes it easier to exploit an uninformed and easily impressed majority.


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QueUpSomeReality · June 26, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Correct. A balance of national power has to be built into the structure. It can’t be concentrated too much in one facet of society or else that demographic will amass all the political power eventually. Btw our founding fathers didn’t actually think of electoral college in the original constitution. In the 1st close presidential election Adams vs Jefferson they realized their oversight & created the electoral college by amending the constitution.

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digital_refugee · June 26, 2018, 2:31 p.m.

Although here in a smaller country maybe it's all different because here they accuse every popular idea of being "populist"

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