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> Should the 49.9901 get ruled by the other side? Oooh, there's another favorite argument of anti-democrats. Curiously, they have no problem whatsoever with 55
by microtherion 8y ago
> Should the 49.9901 get ruled by the other side?
Oooh, there's another favorite argument of anti-democrats. Curiously, they have no problem whatsoever with 55% of the population being ruled by 45% under gerrymandered elections, or a winning candidate disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters.
> Again, unless you require a supermajority for all votes, direct democracy is easily swayed by political hacks like Colbert or Catiline.
While presidential democracy leads to the election of sober statesmen like [checks notes...] Trump?