I hate you, electoral college.
Nov. 2nd, 2004 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolven7In the days when there were many more dense population centres, and scattered people, and the scattered people outnumbered the dense population centres, sure, the electoral college was a great thing, and kept everthing "honest" (read: "as honest as you can get, in politics."). But, now, we're diverse, dispersed, grouped, spread evenly, like a near-perfect peanut butter and honey sandwich. If we informed people better, if we made knwoing the issues a pre-requisite, for voting, if we made voting madataory, if if if... then we could totally do away with the electoral college. But people are fucking lazy, in all the places that matter.
People don't want to be informed, when they can elect someone to be informed for them, they don't want to research, when they can have sound bytes, they don't want to think, when they can simply Not. So... I want people to want to know, think, do. Think of the Children. As i said, i'm re-reading 1984, and it's fucking chilling. "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." Doublethink, Newspeak ("Newsweek, nevermind"). It's harsh, but truer and truer. Some of us want to teach, for a reason.
I've a few quotes, in mind: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"Democracy is the theory that holds that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken
Things said by people who became famous, because they were smart. Things to keep in mind.
People don't want to be informed, when they can elect someone to be informed for them, they don't want to research, when they can have sound bytes, they don't want to think, when they can simply Not. So... I want people to want to know, think, do. Think of the Children. As i said, i'm re-reading 1984, and it's fucking chilling. "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." Doublethink, Newspeak ("Newsweek, nevermind"). It's harsh, but truer and truer. Some of us want to teach, for a reason.
I've a few quotes, in mind: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"Democracy is the theory that holds that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken
Things said by people who became famous, because they were smart. Things to keep in mind.
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Date: 2004-11-02 08:40 pm (UTC)and the electoral college helped keep the vote in the hands of the upper class instead of fully trusting that to the hoi poloi (probably misspelled and possibly misused by me), in addition to the practical benefits and necessities.
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Date: 2004-11-02 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
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A point to make
Date: 2004-11-02 10:55 pm (UTC)Someone's gonna try to kill that man, if he wins or steals the presidency.
The thought of it worries me.
And yes, the electoral college is shit. If there are seventy million people in the country, I'd like my vote to count, simply, as one seventy-millionth of the final decision. No more, no less.
Well, maybe a bit more...
If Kerry loses, I hope he has the balls to take Bush to court for flat-out lying on the election trail. Slander, and libel. Unjustly attacking reputation. There are LAWS against it, and they should be upheld. Bush actually SAID that Kerry was untrustworthy and that he, Bush, was.
Kerry is not going to. I hope, and I know otherwise. They seem mutually exclusive, but for quantum.
Good night.
Re: A point to make
I have faith that the post-election litigations will tie up the courts for months to come. Quantum physics are our friends.
Re: A point to make
Date: 2004-11-03 05:07 am (UTC)Re: A point to make