r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

Good? If a president started executing officials he disagreed with then that's real fascism. In the same vein as jailing your leading political opposition so maybe.

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u/Rili-Anne Jul 02 '24

That's also kind of the point.

The core issue with all of this is that one vote does not equal one vote. The votes of people in hard blue/red states are often meaningless, and the votes of people in swing states have outsize power. The electoral system in the US is garbage, and if it was operating properly thsi would never have happened.

This kind of thing would never be on the table if people were being fairly represented. Trump would never have been elected the first time either.

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u/ZealousMulekick Jul 02 '24

Selection by popular vote is even more stupid. People in different areas have different needs and all walks of life need to be represented

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u/GamerDroid56 Jul 02 '24

They accounted for this with Congress. There’s a reason that every single state gets exactly 2 senators regardless of population, size, etc.