I figure it is because the internet has made it easier to isolate yourself in the echo chamber you want to be in and therefore isolated from opposing viewpoints.
"If you are ever asking yourself 'Is Trump lying or is he stupid?', the answer is most likely C: All of the Above" - Seth Meyers
The system is crafted exactly so that there can be no "majority" rule by the most powerful zones at the expense of lesser powerful ones.
Everyone gets a say in this system, not just those who sport the bigger raw numbers.
It is the opposite of "giving disproportionate power to certain demographics": the system moves exactly to prevent that sort of thing.
Also love that "we", as if you're so insecure with your position that you need pluralis maiestatis to feign being part of a crowd.
Classical leftism.
'Kay.
Still entirely contradicts that whole "will of the people" drivel.
Bitch, please. You're near constantly peaking on behalf of people "outraged by PC culture", so miss me with that hypocritical shit.Also love that "we", as if you're so insecure with your position that you need pluralis maiestatis to feign being part of a crowd.
Classical leftism.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
Except it doesn't. Everyone got a vote with this system, and Trump won.
Had this been a pure democracy, the more populated cities would've used their sheer numbers to prevail over the lesser populated ones. Tyranny by the majority.
Thankfully the system stops that sort of thing, making stuff like your "3 million difference" not the sole deciding factor as it could've been.
I think you meant "spare me" there? Well at least you didn't say "miss us".Bitch, please. You're near constantly peaking on behalf of people "outraged by PC culture", so miss me with that hypocritical shit.
Some improvement.
Where did I claim some sense of "authority", where you should take my word without consideration?
I fully expect for my arguments to be evaluated on their merit. Stop derailing with nonsense.
Yeah, no, you haven't.
In particular because we've got maybe one or two actual "radical leftists" who post here.
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You mean "and the Electoral College adjusted the relative value of votes, based on the State they came from, and manipulated the results in the process".
If it had been one equal vote for everyone, then you'd have had President Hillary Clinton for the last 3 years.
That's not what "tyranny of the majority" means.Had this been a pure democracy, the more populated cities would've used their sheer numbers to prevail over the lesser populated ones. Tyranny by the majority.
What you're describing is literally just democracy.
Not everyone's vote counted equally, however. Again, entirely contradicts the "will of the people" BS.
I think probably one of the more amusing outcomes of the incredibly byzantine and frankly kinda stupid electoral system in the US is the knots people on the right tie themselves into when they struggle to reconcile the legitimacy of American institutions with their fundamentally undemocratic nature.
Turns out that 'American democracy' is really only a good talking point for the purposes of bombing brown people and not actually a realistic philosophical position.
I feel bad for you never having watched a Vine.I think you meant "spare me" there? Well at least you didn't say "miss us".
Some improvement.
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Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
The right wing news media has created boogeymen like homosexuals who will force you to be gay and hate you if you don't accept, boogeymen who will tell children they must be different genders than what they were born with or they are wrong, boogeymen that scream "NAZI" at everything you say no matter what, but I can guarantee you, you've been fed intentional misinformation and swallowed the lies and have come out with this completely false view of left wingers that don't even exist in reality.
But of course, because you've seen it on conservative media, those evil liberals who want to destroy and fight everyone must be real, because why would YOUR news media lie to you? It's unthinkable that you could have been lied to this whole time! It must be the LIBERALS who are being lied to!
The lack of self reflection on your part is staggeringly amusing.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
Probably one of the most adorable positions of Trumpkins in a cluttered category of willful ignorance. Really read that bolded part again. Tyranny by the majority. Malarky is troubled by candidates with the most votes winning elections, because he thinks land should vote rather than people.
Apparently Trumpkins prefer what they have now, Tyranny by the minority.
They quite literally do that, it's the first line of defense, almost an automated response by now.
There's an absurd amount of recorded evidence behind this sort of behaviour, disagree with them and you'll be branded all sorts of -ism's in an attempt to destroy your reputation and thus make your arguments free to ignore.
Besides I don't watch conservative media, they're an absolute snorefest to me.
I don't need that to see the derangement of the current american left.
All the elements you mentioned are present in the current radical left, especially racism, anti-semitism and support for abusive corporations.
You're just blind to it.
This isn't the right wing news media, this is actual fact. Its not enough for everyone to be "equal under the law", but everyone has to be able to insert them in any social group they personally desire, and then demand that everyone in that social group adapts to suit their beliefs.
Strangers don't need to accept you. They don't need to agree with you. They don't need to get along with you. If you demand they accept your differences, it should go without saying that you accept that others are different as well.