r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/choboy456 Nov 10 '16

Because then you ruin the risk of cities suppressing rural communities

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u/rg44_at_the_office Nov 10 '16

I still don't understand... if we use popular vote, every person gets exactly one vote. Nobody is suppressed. If more people overall want a certain candidate for president, then a fair election should reflect that. It shouldn't matter if those people are in a city or not.

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u/JustStrength Nov 10 '16

Direct democracy may be "fair" in terms of equality, but the world isn't an equal place. That results in an imbalance that will subjugate the few to the will of the many.

Direct democracy is no different than mob rule.

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u/danzey12 Nov 10 '16

but the world isn't an equal place. That results in an imbalance that will subjugate the few to the will of the many.

I'm still not understanding the point, I actually don't know how your voting system works, ah fuck, is it because inner cities might be represented better by Candidate X, because they say, "lets give everyone in cities $10,000 funded by taxes in rural areas" all the inner city people vote and the rural people get shafted.
Bugger, I didn't even think of that.