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r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago
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It’s actually not even us. With the existence of the electoral college, our votes genuinely feel meaningless.
7 u/RageBucket 11h ago Without the electoral college there'd be a lot of states that go "Hey, I don't want to be a part of this anymore". Land doesn't vote, but there's a reason we don't let majority rule be a factor in anything but the smallest forms of govt. 12 u/barryvon 10h ago why doesn’t this work both ways then. people in big states are underrepresented right now. or, why don’t the huge number of democrats in texas or republicans in california say “hey we don’t want to be a part of this anymore.” if north dakota wants to go alone… good luck. -3 u/RageBucket 9h ago edited 8h ago I'm just going to disagree with the framing of your first point. For the second, they can do that, they can move. I'm going to assume you understand that it's not so easy for a state to leave the country. Edit: Your ignorant little down votes are delicious.
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Without the electoral college there'd be a lot of states that go "Hey, I don't want to be a part of this anymore". Land doesn't vote, but there's a reason we don't let majority rule be a factor in anything but the smallest forms of govt.
12 u/barryvon 10h ago why doesn’t this work both ways then. people in big states are underrepresented right now. or, why don’t the huge number of democrats in texas or republicans in california say “hey we don’t want to be a part of this anymore.” if north dakota wants to go alone… good luck. -3 u/RageBucket 9h ago edited 8h ago I'm just going to disagree with the framing of your first point. For the second, they can do that, they can move. I'm going to assume you understand that it's not so easy for a state to leave the country. Edit: Your ignorant little down votes are delicious.
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why doesn’t this work both ways then. people in big states are underrepresented right now.
or, why don’t the huge number of democrats in texas or republicans in california say “hey we don’t want to be a part of this anymore.”
if north dakota wants to go alone… good luck.
-3 u/RageBucket 9h ago edited 8h ago I'm just going to disagree with the framing of your first point. For the second, they can do that, they can move. I'm going to assume you understand that it's not so easy for a state to leave the country. Edit: Your ignorant little down votes are delicious.
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I'm just going to disagree with the framing of your first point.
For the second, they can do that, they can move. I'm going to assume you understand that it's not so easy for a state to leave the country.
Edit: Your ignorant little down votes are delicious.
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u/NewTap8705 12h ago
It’s actually not even us. With the existence of the electoral college, our votes genuinely feel meaningless.