I dislike this sentiment. The majority voted for this, but the minority didn't, and most of the time, it's the imposed-upon minority that are getting the shaft of these policies, from the imposing majority.
Funny enough, Trudeau didn't get a majority or even the most votes in Canada's last election - the Conservatives actually came in first place popular-vote-wise, nabbing something like 200k more votes.
But try telling that to anyone who supposedly wants a switch away from the Electoral College/FPTP, in America or Canada, and most likely they'll just have a brain BSOD before changing the subject. Getting an actual answer out of them is even harder.
Democracy is simply the tyranny of the majority. That's why a republic makes more sense, because a majority (or in this case, a plurality) of voters can choose tyrannical policies with the defense that "the people want it", then beating the minority over the head with said policies.
I dislike this sentiment. The majority voted for this, but the minority didn't, and most of the time, it's the imposed-upon minority that are getting the shaft of these policies, from the imposing majority.
Not even a majority.
A plurality of voters is all
True facts.
Funny enough, Trudeau didn't get a majority or even the most votes in Canada's last election - the Conservatives actually came in first place popular-vote-wise, nabbing something like 200k more votes.
But try telling that to anyone who supposedly wants a switch away from the Electoral College/FPTP, in America or Canada, and most likely they'll just have a brain BSOD before changing the subject. Getting an actual answer out of them is even harder.
That's something I was hoping Trudeau would fix. Instead he gave up because "it's complicated". Thanks Trudeau.
LOL why would Trudeau give up the Liberal Party's key to getting elected? He never even pretended to campaign on that.
Democracy is simply the tyranny of the majority. That's why a republic makes more sense, because a majority (or in this case, a plurality) of voters can choose tyrannical policies with the defense that "the people want it", then beating the minority over the head with said policies.