08-18-2020, 10:47 PM
(08-18-2020, 11:49 AM)hollodero Wrote: The tyranny of the majority sounds odd for an election in a democracy... but actually I get what you say. What I do not get is why the EC is connected with states' rights. Imho these two issues inherently don't have to do anything with each other. The one is about picking the president, the other is about what he can do. Separate.
Well, a person has to become President before being able to do anything, no?
Quote:How'd you say, I'm constantly intrigued by this notion. Because you don't know that. Also, if the system were failproof, you wouldn't need an armed populace to avoid tyranny in the first place :) - And it probably always needs people doing the right thing, and overall vigilance and an effort of everyone, to keep the democratic system in place. Congress as safeguard already sort of failed, now as kind of a "next safeguard up" it might just be the electorate's turn to say, no Trump, not like that. I kind of see it that way.
No system is foolproof, we completely agree. But for this system to fail int he manner described would require large scale collapse. If such a collapse within the system occurs we'll have many more problems than just that to deal with.
Quote:Well, it sure as hell isn't Trump. In the first instance, Biden would kind of recast the mold just by not pulling the same kind of stunts.
Again, we agree, it's not Trump. It's also not the pro criminal anti law enforcement position of the Democratic party either. Like I've been saying, although not in these exact words, it's almost a literal Sophie's Choice.
