Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[RichardCranium]

The point being that it was changed. Not how it was changed.

You don't want to change it. You want to abolish it.

[Ashlander]

You don't want to change it. You want to abolish it.

Only until his candidate loses the popular vote then he'd be bitching how we need to bring the electoral college back.

[Gelston]

Only until his candidate loses the popular vote then he'd be bitching how we need to bring the electoral college back.

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Colorado votes for Trump after he wins the popular vote next election.

[Methais]

Shut the fuck up gaylord.

This is correct.

We won't. So get over your butthurt.

This is correct.

Only until his candidate loses the popular vote then he'd be bitching how we need to bring the electoral college back.

This is correct.

[Parkbandit]

Thats completely false.

If a party has a platform that resonates with more people, regardless of their income, education, location, or any other factor, then that party should win in a democracy.

Its the platform that should matter.

Can you go through the steps it would take to have the electorial college removed from Presidential election?

You're falling for it... and while I'm not saying it's fun to watch.. you're being a uselful idiot and nothing more.

[Jeril]

Thats completely false.

If a party has a platform that resonates with more people, regardless of their income, education, location, or any other factor, then that party should win in a democracy.

Its the platform that should matter.

There is a reason why we don't want mob rule, aka a true democracy. People can be very intelligent on an individual level. But, as a rule, a group of people is only as smart as it's dumbest member. You can easily see throughout history where people as a whole have believed, and done some incredibly dumb, things that we know aren't true today. And you can easily look around and see how as a whole we still have many of the same failings we had thousands of years ago.

[Methais]

There is a reason why we don't want mob rule, aka a true democracy. People can be very intelligent on an individual level. But, as a rule, a group of people is only as smart as it's dumbest member. You can easily see throughout history where people as a whole have believed, and done some incredibly dumb, things that we know aren't true today. And you can easily look around and see how as a whole we still have many of the same failings we had thousands of years ago.

[Jeril]

I disagree with that 100%. In American democracy we elect people to make and enforce the rules we want made and enforced. The American government is set up with checks and balances to ensure transparency and fairness. It does not always work but for the most part it works pretty damn well. It is definitely a work in progress. As we learn more about the universe and ourselves we change things appropriately.

I call the early days of the internet the wild west. Like with society, when there are few laws and those few aren't really enforced, its a mess. Now everyone's daily activities and physical movements are tracked, stored, and mined for data to sell to corporations looking to sell you shampoo, chili, and/or whatever the fuck else they want you to buy so they can continue to fly on their private jets, eat caviar, and drink champagne.



Its all about manipulating US voters. I would not be surprised if it was foreign in origin.

You mean like how we can't live without violence so instead of trying to do away with it or pretend it doesn't exist that we should maybe learn to control it better instead?

[Stumplicker]

There is a reason why we don't want mob rule, aka a true democracy. People can be very intelligent on an individual level. But, as a rule, a group of people is only as smart as it's dumbest member. You can easily see throughout history where people as a whole have believed, and done some incredibly dumb, things that we know aren't true today. And you can easily look around and see how as a whole we still have many of the same failings we had thousands of years ago.

While I do see the point you're making, I would disagree on the majority of cases in saying that it'd be historically accurate. Stupid people will always exist, and they'll always spout stupidity, but saying that everyone just kind of believed them is I think inaccurate. The majority of people in 1492 didn't believe that Christopher Columbus would sail off the edge of the world before hitting India, but stupid people are the loudest, and they get talked about, so history recorded it.

A couple hundred years from now someone will find a cache of youtube videos and think we were all so stoned out of our gourds praising double rainbows that we all thought 9/11 was an inside job to distract us from the government mind control chemtrails. Stupid people are loud, and us commenting on it makes it look relevant and believed from an outside perspective.

[Methais]

stupid people are the loudest