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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by krapp on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:53PM (#31937703)
The centuries-old political climate in which the electoral college was born has little if any bearing on its utility for the modern United States. I doubt the only thing keeping rural states in the union now is leverage against abolitionists.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by hellojesus on Thursday June 30, 2022 @04:40PM (#31938308)
It was designed to prevent tyranny of the majority.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by CamperBob2 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:16PM (#31938722)
This argument comes up often, but I've never understood how tyranny of the minority is any better.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by krapp on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:18PM (#31939406)
The people who make that argument are usually benefactors of that tyranny.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by hellojesus on Thursday June 30, 2022 @07:44PM (#31940212)
It's because tyranny of the minority means prevention against new laws, not the enactment of them. It's the safer path, generally not absolutely. A bias towards inaction.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by krapp on Thursday June 30, 2022 @08:46PM (#31940704)
Tyranny of the minority only means prevention of laws the minority disagrees with. That minority hasn't, historically, taken issue with new laws that cater to them.
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