Re:Why I'm Resigning from the National Science Foundation
by candiddevmike on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @11:27AM
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The US has (almost by design?) a system the favors tyranny of the minority. I'd argue the opposite: that the majority of voters are not well represented. Our two party system with capped Congress member count (which is reflected in the executive branch) and useless Senate only serve a minority of (monied) interests in the country.
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Re:Why I'm Resigning from the National Science Foundation
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @02:16PM
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> the majority of voters are not well represented
The majority are well represented. They’re just idiots. This isn’t a criticism of Americans; it’s why direct democracy fails in a predictable, partisan way in any society. (If you really think about it, you’re probably something of an idiot a good amount of the time. And you, like me, probably hold stupid views with low conviction because it was never worth it to do the research.)