Presidential election, 2016

[Eric the Green]

(12-01-2016, 07:59 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:

(12-01-2016, 07:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The point, dear Rags, if you can possibly grasp it, is that the people did not vote for Trump. Last I checked, Californians were still part of the people, and our votes are part of the voting public. It is very significant indeed to point out that the people didn't vote for the scumbag, and he has no mandate at all. Still, some people will think that he does. This fact that Hillary Clinton was the person people voted for, should be trumpeted aloud constantly for the next 4 years.

Oh, I grasp it, OK.  The US is a republic, not a democracy. The election rules pretty much state that Trump won, regardless of what the actual underlying election results garnered. So yes, you're correct that the "people" being the input to the box for the election voted one way, but how wins are counted, by "winner take" all get the other result. So... the Electoral College, the process is that got the actual results. It's sorta like the Senate, where low population Oklahoma has the exact same number of Senators as high population California.  I think the composition of the Senate and the Electoral College are just 2 examples of attempting to prevent Tyranny of the Majority."

It doesn't f**king matter what the rules are. Yes, Trump is dufus-elect. The majority voted for Hillary Clinton. The votes coming in stamp that point ever-more clearly. What this system has given us IS tyranny. It has failed. The point is to remember who the people voted for, and that's the only point worth remembering about this.

In a country of over 300 million, 100,000 people (edit: make that 80,000 and falling) chose our "president." This is what happens in a banana republic; not to mention that this country is already owned by .1% of the people; not to mention that those 100,000 people chose a "president" who will try to create even-more of a banana republic here in the GOU. (good old USA).

I guess you didn't read my post detailing how the electoral college came about. Did you know it was to protect slavery?

Now, THAT's pretty outdated. Tyranny of the majority my a**