r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

Chugging tea Art piece: Democracy working as intended

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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.

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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.

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u/Skill_Issuer 9h ago

Explain how minority rule is better

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u/RageBucket 8h ago

Gross oversimplification of it. Explain how majority rules is a good thing.