Pretend democracy
The Electoral College is outdated and should be dissolved. Another problem in the USA, the wealthy are admired and considered heroes. In the EU, nobody trusts the bastards and people will strike. I believe the French are the best when they disagree with their leaders and upper class because they would drag out the guillotine.
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And they won’t let go of it because the Electoral College keeps the wealthy in power.
As loathe as I am to use a BS argument…
Both Sides are wealthy. ;)
Something something healthcare is a right elsewhere too something something
We can and should do better.
what other country ever did?
The Roman Republic.
No, really - the Tribal Assembly, the democratic legislature of the Republic, was divided by tribes, and tribes sorted according to geographic residence. Urban tribes got 4 votes, and rural tribes got 31 votes. Just like today!
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thx 4 the info. always nice to learn some history. one of my favorite subjects in school
The article points out France, Finland, Argentina.
USA! USA!
Look, I really do love my country. As unfashionable as that sometimes seems on the left. But it ain’t perfect. There are a lot of things that need worked on. Our healthcare situation is subpar. Our labor protections - bleh. Same for consumer protections. There are lots of things we could do to study other models and try to bring them here (except for the regressives here that hold everything back, that is).
But one of the very worst is our Electoral College and the way the House is capped. The Senate system should get an overhaul, too. Two Senators from every state, no matter how many people live there? The EC was a slavery era thing and should be abolished, but the Senate thing should get an overhaul as well. I don’t know the kinds of populations the 13 colonies had, but I doubt there was anything like the magnitude of California/Texas/Florida/New York/PA/etc vs. Wyoming. Maybe the makeup of states should get reconsidered if we cannot change the number of Senators - maybe split up California into smaller states, maybe combine some of the flyover states that have almost no one in them…
It’s not a national election, but in Hong Kong, a 1,500-member Beijing-controlled electoral college elects the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and controls nearly half of the legislature.
Are there many other countries locked in a two party system?
It’s not just the electoral college that causes that issue though, first past the post is the culprit in Canada and our lack of precedent for minority alliances doesn’t help.
Republicans are all anti college until you’re talking the electoral one.
Goddamnedfascists
It all goes back to the negotiation at the start of the country: “We want to vote” vs. “We don’t want those people to vote”
It is wild to have your state’s vote almost predetermined before you cast it.
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