@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 3 days agoThe Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regretwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down16
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minus-square@Kecessalink-9•3 days agoYou get the state you vote for, including the people in unelected positions which are chosen by elected officials.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink15•3 days agoMost of these Justices were chosen by Presidents that lost the popular vote lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days agoThis is true to some degree, but ignores several important factors, such as The electoral system was set up before we were even around with the goal of limiting our power therefore using the electoral system to fix the electoral system is extremely inefficient We are subject to extremely effective propaganda and psyops There are significant efforts by the right wing to keep people dumb and poor
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink1•2 days agoNo, the electoral system was set up by slave owning terrorists that wanted to make sure they and their children would rule forever.
You get the state you vote for, including the people in unelected positions which are chosen by elected officials.
Most of these Justices were chosen by Presidents that lost the popular vote lol
This is true to some degree, but ignores several important factors, such as
I wonder who made it such… Oh right, people who were elected.
No, the electoral system was set up by slave owning terrorists that wanted to make sure they and their children would rule forever.