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Elizabeth Warren says she wants to eliminate Electoral College
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<blockquote data-quote="Resha Caner" data-source="post: 73775115" data-attributes="member: 269139"><p>Are you trying to close the door to prevent opposition to your position? If how govt is chosen conflicts with other principles, then those principles become fair game for discussion.</p><p></p><p>In this case, namely, one of the issues is stability.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it's best if people have a way to engage with their government - have their concerns heard and addressed. IMO "equal consent" is too generalized an idea to be of much use. I used to have a very low opinion of Alexander Hamilton, but I have since decided I was wrong (for reasons completely unrelated to the musical).</p><p></p><p>Hamilton's political philosophy was essentially that there is no political philosophy. Good government is something you know when you see it, so it's best to let those who've proven themselves do what they're good at.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Per what I said above, maybe you can see my view that no one generalized system is better than another. If it's working, leave it alone. If it has problems, maybe it's worth a tweak ... as long as you're willing to accept the inevitable pain of change.</p><p></p><p>My main reason for joining this thread was to oppose the idea that the EC is obviously wrong and that there are obviously better options. There's nothing obvious about it. I don't think most people have a clue what they would unleash. If I felt they better understood the potential downsides, I'd be more willing to listen to what they think are the potential upsides.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resha Caner, post: 73775115, member: 269139"] Are you trying to close the door to prevent opposition to your position? If how govt is chosen conflicts with other principles, then those principles become fair game for discussion. In this case, namely, one of the issues is stability. I think it's best if people have a way to engage with their government - have their concerns heard and addressed. IMO "equal consent" is too generalized an idea to be of much use. I used to have a very low opinion of Alexander Hamilton, but I have since decided I was wrong (for reasons completely unrelated to the musical). Hamilton's political philosophy was essentially that there is no political philosophy. Good government is something you know when you see it, so it's best to let those who've proven themselves do what they're good at. Per what I said above, maybe you can see my view that no one generalized system is better than another. If it's working, leave it alone. If it has problems, maybe it's worth a tweak ... as long as you're willing to accept the inevitable pain of change. My main reason for joining this thread was to oppose the idea that the EC is obviously wrong and that there are obviously better options. There's nothing obvious about it. I don't think most people have a clue what they would unleash. If I felt they better understood the potential downsides, I'd be more willing to listen to what they think are the potential upsides. [/QUOTE]
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