No one makes an argument for fairness that's worth taking seriously. But the reality is that the people that would lose power under direct majority vote don't

No one makes an argument for fairness that's worth taking seriously. But the reality is that the people that would lose power under direct majority vote don't want to change and the 90%+ overlap with majority vote for the winner means there's rarely sustained outrage about "unfair" results (and those are in very close contests anyway).