Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by knolax on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:38PM
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Why should 'rural' be a protected minority as opposed to any other minority? Should African Americans ger 3.6x the vote as White Americans because there are fewer of them?
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by newfriend on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:37AM
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'Rural' is not a protected minority. States, however, are an important part of the United States of America.
> Should African Americans ger 3.6x the vote as White Americans because there are fewer of them?
Because it's not the United Races of America.
Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by knolax on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:51AM
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> States, however, are an important part of the United States of America
The current system claims to be a Union of States, but the current system also defines a goal of a more perfect Union . The Constitution was meant to be a living document, IIRC Jefferson himself believed that it should be rewritten every generation. If the right to govern comes from the mandate of the people, then does the creation of a more perfect Union not entail representation of people not states? From first principles it still doesn't make sense to me why we should privilege the rights of states over the rights of people.