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Bias? It’s called the electoral college. It’s part of that unpopular document called the United States Constitution.
Yes, I'm precisely calling the electoral college a bias, and asking the OP to demonstrate why that bias would be better than a more equitable decision making mechanism.
I think it's important to be careful before crying foul. Never presume malice when stupidity will suffice. Look at VA right now on 538: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/... If polls are accurate, and Nate Silver's models don't fail, it's already been won by Biden. No matter who you suppress from signing up it won't matter- neither party cares about VA anymore. (And yes, those same models sa…
I agree it does not look like a conspiracy, just poor infrastructure. That said, this is a general election with consequential down ballot races that are very much in play, even if the presidency is not.
The roadcrew fucked up and cut a cable.
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Senator Mike Lee wasn't just being honest, his statement that the US is not a democracy is factual. This isn't actually new, and there's a reason that the white house and senate have been packing the courts with justices from the Federalist Society. The ideological disagreement between federalists and democrats is as old as the country. The "weird" thing is that the country has been quite focused on installing democr…
> Senator Mike Lee wasn't just being honest, his statement that the US is not a democracy is factual. This isn't actually new, and there's a reason that the white house and senate have been packing the courts with justices from the Federalist Society. The ideological disagreement between federalists and democrats is as old as the country. The "weird" thing is that the country has been quite focused on installing demo…
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You seem stuck in this binary where you believe that if you are not ruling over some else they must be ruling over you.
You're the one making the claim that the majority is going to rule vindictively. If you believe that they're worse at that than other people, it's on you to demonstrate it. Or to demonstrate that the minority singled out by the Electoral College is somehow especially better at it.
Spare me the talk of 'tyranny of the minority' in the senate. It's really telling as to the maturity level of those involved when the basis for calling out 'tyranny' is that those in the legislature simply say "no" to your whims, especially when those seeking change are more than capable of implementing those changes more locally but choose not to.
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I agree it does not look like a conspiracy, just poor infrastructure. That said, this is a general election with consequential down ballot races that are very much in play, even if the presidency is not.
Is it poor infrastructure to not have multiple fiber lines inbound to the facility? The roadcrew fucked up and cut a cable.
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You're the one making the claim that the majority is going to rule vindictively. If you believe that they're worse at that than other people, it's on you to demonstrate it. Or to demonstrate that the minority singled out by the Electoral College is somehow especially better at it.
Lets put it this way: of all the policies that the OP sounded off on, which ones, if any, have had legislation pass through the senate addressing them? None? Spare me the talk of 'tyranny of the minority' in the senate. It's really telling as to the maturity level of those involved when the basis for calling out 'tyranny' is that those in the legislature simply say "no" to your whims, especially when those seeking ch…
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You'll find my answer at the end of the sentence that you truncated. If you consider that to be bait, please do your part to keep HN civil, and don't pick it up.
I in no way intended it to be bait. I was merely seeking clarification because for about 100 years, up until roughly 2 weeks ago, that phrase had a pretty well-established meaning. One that is different from the way you used it.
Therein lies the fun of languages: meanings shift, and sometimes rapidly. From my perspective, “packing the courts” now has dual meaning - and in this sense, I read the OP’s comment as “filling the courts with”.