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Re:Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s presidential... by xref on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:02AM (#24563495)
“Collective mob”, aka the majority of the population? Remember the government was setup as a republic to ensure a minority of the population, landowning white males, retained power regardless of demographics. By-and-large people of color, the poor, and women were not allowed to vote.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_...

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Re:Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s presidential... by austincheney on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:07AM (#24565142)
That isn't historically accurate. The constitution intentionally imposed representational government to ensure dual-federalism as a necessary means to supersede the prior government, Articles of Confederation.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_federalism#Constitutional...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation

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