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10-10-2024, 09:39 AM

#611

OOfff

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

Our country was intentionally designed so the majority didn’t have complete say. There’s a reason why it’s supposed to take 2/3’s of the Senate to pass a bill.
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wait until originalists find out about when the filibuster became a thing. they’ll probably fight to do away with it because they have the courage to stick to their principles (they won’t).

the system wasn’t “designed” to need 2/3 majority to pass a bill.

10-10-2024, 09:40 AM

#612

CincoDeMayo

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Originally Posted by OOfff

maybe mods should stop bringing politics into threads, i guess

Or you ALWAYS taking the bait.

10-10-2024, 09:43 AM

#613

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Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo

Or you ALWAYS taking the bait.

if mods are “baiting” users with political discourse in a forum which prohibits it, the problem might not be the users.

10-10-2024, 10:00 AM

#614

BKbigfish

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Originally Posted by OOfff

maybe mods should stop bringing politics into threads, i guess

This is what cracks me up about this website.

*Right wing political post

*Right wing political post

*Right wing political post

*Right wing political post

*1 post from somebody mildly pushing back against the standard cockpit narrative

*Hey guys let’s cut out the political talk huh?

10-10-2024, 10:09 AM

#615

APCbot

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Originally Posted by OOfff

a poorly-designed, wildly outdated system functioned as intended.

What's poorly designed and outdated about it?

10-10-2024, 10:19 AM

#616

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Originally Posted by APCbot

What's poorly designed and outdated about it?

an individual’s vote under the electoral college system is not of equal value to the vote of another. i favor making all votes count the same, because no individual is worth more than another. we can do this by either expanding the house of reps based on a fixed number of constituents per seat, or by shifting away from the electoral college entirely because it unduly favors someone in cheyenne over someone in el centro.

10-10-2024, 10:33 AM

#617

RippinClapBombs

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OOfff

an individual’s vote under the electoral college system is not of equal value to the vote of another. i favor making all votes count the same, because no individual is worth more than another.

The United States is a constitutional federal republic, not a democracy. Yeah, I’m sure you’d love it if liberal CA and NY decided all of our elections.

10-10-2024, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by OOfff

and if we change it, the person in Cheyenne no longer matters at all, and NYC and LA County run the entire county. Your way does not “unduly favor” LA County, it makes them dictators. Sorry, I like the way it is.

10-10-2024, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PNWFlyer

This. It's to prevent a handful of cities from arbitrarily running the country. Sorry you didn't pay attention in civics class.

The sorry is for Ooff