Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:26:44PM +0800, Katipo wrote:
> David Jardine wrote:
>
> >Wouldn't that give you the same result as a direct popular election,
> >"mob rule" as you call it?
> >
I wrote the above sentence, only to realise after I'd sent it off
what nonsense it was. Apologies for the noise. I'd forgotten that
your electoral system gives a person more or less voting power
depending on what state he votes in. (Still a bit fairer than our
(UK) system.) I presume that "mob rule" is prevented by the
relative disenfranchisement of people in those states where voters
are...er...well, might...er...well, what? How do you do it?
> >
> What I like about "mob rule", is that after the initial stages where a
> dumbed down, general population had made a few painful mistakes, and it
> had sunk in that they were big people now, that they might start
> demanding things like a higher educational standard, so as to make for a
> better informed, decision-making process.
> This would also contribute to such aspects as transparency in
> government, and before you know it, you'd be back living in a democratic
> society again.
>
> Jefferson would sleep peacefully in his grave.
>
I still don't see the difference between "mob rule" (as used here)
and democracy - and how electoral colleges produce the latter rather
than the former.
Cheers,
David
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David Jardine
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