I see today is "~serious~ conservatives defend the electoral college" day. It's not even that the EC is bad (whatever, sand in the gears) it's that the EC doesn't do anything close to what the founders intended, so the arguments offered just never make any sense.
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The only more annoying "serious conservative" talking point is opposition to the 17th Amendment, which is based more in a childish and reflexive anti-democracy affection than any real theory of what the Senate would be like after repeal.
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At least Senate malapportionment has the justification of raw "I have power, I want to keep it, and you can't take it away from me", which is respectable on some level.
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Replying to @AlexGodofsky
I find it grotesque. The EC is a pointless institution unless it performs as designed, in which case the EC is a dangerously anti-democratic institution that I am reasonable sure would result in widespread rioting and violent insurrection. The Senate is an even bigger problem.
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Replying to @danlistensto @AlexGodofsky
the reason we tolerate the Senate is because we're used to it. that's it. there is no other reason. it transparently doesn't serve to make the federal government more rational or effective. it just reduces and concentrates the surface area of corruption. it's a vulnerability.
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Replying to @danlistensto @AlexGodofsky
also because brute forcing constitutional change would sort of wreck the constitutional compact and its just not worth it for those who would expect first order wins "hahahaha finally proportionate representation over a smoking crater"
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AlexGodofsky
the greatest design flaw in the constitution is the difficulty of calling new constitutional conventions. they should have been regularly scheduled so the damn thing could be updated over time without needing a smoking-crater inducing conflict to precipitate a convention.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AlexGodofsky
I want the "living document" idea taken seriously. I want a government that is far more resistant to corruption and factionalism. I want the stakes lowered so elections are about policy choices instead of cultural hegemony and lawfare.
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i want two of those things
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