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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by ben509 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @10:29PM (#25867974)
The entire premise of a republic is that power is checked and balanced. The aim is not to represent the "will of the people", because the will of a majority is frequently to oppress a minority.

The EC was more than a compromise, it was an integral part of a system that prevents too much power being handed to any one institution or demographic. And forcing national candidates to appeal to a multitude of states rather than a handful of cities has a moderating effect.

If anything, what's outdated about the EC is we need more checks on the political influence that is centralized in cities because the founders didn't anticipate urbanization.

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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by colinmhayes on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:14AM (#25868562)
And the current system allows the minority to oppress the majority. I don't see how that is better. What we actually need is ranked choice or proportional representation so that we can have more than 2 parties.
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