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65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

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[-] aidan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Yes it was a contract at a state to federal government level, furthermore, it is a binding concession of power from the federal government

through all of its citizens being equal.

Equality doesn't mean democracy. Democracy grants a majority power over a minority.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Now 1 person 1 vote isn't equal? Democracy is everyone has the right to state their preferences and be treated equally. That sometimes more people want the other thing isn't a flaw in the system and in no way a justification to just give some people more votes. A tyranny of the majority is a whole lot better than a tyranny of the minority.

I swear there must be some kind of rural state indoctrination camp where people learn that 1 person 1 vote is actually bad and they're rightfully entitled to more say than those dirty city-dwellers. All while talking about the minority rights carefully crafted by the slaveholding men who literally transferred votes from the slaves to their oppressors.

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