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Cockroach-Jones t1_itz3g4q wrote

Reply to comment by clhomme in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

Yes, it has to work that way. What do the bigger cities care about the rest of the state? Same with the country. What do the residents of LA and NYC care about the auto industry in Michigan? They don’t. Do they care about laws affecting farmers in Midwest agriculture? No they don’t. Therefore these areas would become literal flyover states for politicians. They’d never have to pander to anyone outside of the densest population centers, and their lawmaking would reflect that. I could go on but it should be really obvious to you why it is the way it is, and I don’t have the patience or inclination to break it down for you honestly.

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clhomme t1_itz4mx0 wrote

Oh give me a damned break. The same dumb question can be asked about rural areas - what do farmers care about the need for inner city homeless assistance or drug interventions?

They answer is hopefully they do.

But neither is a justification to give the minority the absolute right to dictate to the majority. I know this is a hard concept to understand, but in literally every democracy in the free world, the party / person who wins the most votes is deemed elected to office by the people.

It is only in this country where 10% of the population think they can dictate to the other 90% "because the live in cities."

That's utterly moronic.

I completely understand your argument. I just reject it as anti-democratic. It's how we end up with abortion bans in states where the VAST majority of the population support abortion rights.

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Cockroach-Jones t1_itzh6cn wrote

Like I said, I don’t have the patience or inclination to break it down into molecules and spoon feed it to you, luckily the better system prevails regardless of your approval.

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clhomme t1_itzi5me wrote

Must be nice living in a world where the guy who gets 40% of the vote gets 66% of the power.

That's not democracy. F that.

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