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eniwetok

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9. why isn't the House "mob rule"?????

Reply to BarackTheVote (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:43 PM

Feb 2017

Edit: I actually think the EC could be a great thing as originally conceptualized. A final check to mob rule, as was pointed out above. But with today's party loyalty on steroids, it cannot work as intended

Because there are checks and balances...

But in our system, the checks on the People were elites... in the EC, Senate, and amendment process, and then there's the Bill Of Rights.

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ELECTORAL COLLEGE: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR SLAVE OWNERS? [View all] eniwetok Feb 2017 OP

And isn't it ridiculous that we are still using this antiquated, racist system, thus we have trump.. brush Feb 2017 #1

The whole electoral system of the US is Third-World-rate. DetlefK Feb 2017 #4

not just tradition... eniwetok Feb 2017 #6

New England states are small and the EC was for them as well as Larkspur Feb 2017 #2

ROTF... did you even read the link? eniwetok Feb 2017 #5

are you denying much of the Constitution was designed to PROTECT slavery? eniwetok Feb 2017 #7

The Constitution was not about protecting slavery Larkspur Feb 2017 #12

of course it's not ALL about protecting slavery.... and I never said that. eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

it's always difficult to imagine how complex systems react to single changes. unblock Feb 2017 #10

Once we think of how PEOPLE are represented... instead of "states"... eniwetok Feb 2017 #11

Oh, there's no question-- BarackTheVote Feb 2017 #3

the EC can not be fixed... eniwetok Feb 2017 #8

why isn't the House "mob rule"????? eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

The point I was trying to make was that BarackTheVote Feb 2017 #13

and making the Constitution more amendable SHOULD be a Democratic issue. eniwetok Feb 2017 #15

Conservative Blogs Locutusofborg Feb 2017 #14

our system destroys any democratic instinct... eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

We were for 10 yrs under the 1st Confederate government and in order to CK_John Feb 2017 #18

Confederate is a loaded term... eniwetok Feb 2017 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #20

it's AA for somebody, that's for sure, and it needs to go. nt TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #21

don't call it affirmative action. Bucky Feb 2017 #22

I use the term.... eniwetok Feb 2017 #23

What you're describing is welfare, not affirmative action Bucky Feb 2017 #26

Answer: the EC existed before the vote of the people... brooklynite Feb 2017 #24

The voice of the People expanded in the Constitution... eniwetok Feb 2017 #25