**** Elections thread *****

[MadMojoMonkey]

So the democratic process isn't conducted in a way that is EXACTLY to your singular specific liking, so you completely write it off?

You're attributing ideas to me that I have not presented and do not espouse.

It's not a matter of whether or not the system meets my liking.
My vote for POTUS will not be counted, so I don't place that vote. If I were a member of the EC, I surely would place my vote.

Seems kinda of hypocritical doesn't it? I mean, if you're such a proponent of "true democracy" then you must acknowledge that one of the consequences of the democratic process is an unhappy minority.

The hypocrisy is insisting that your vote counts when the bare facts are that it does not.

The hypocrisy would be if I hold the belief that I do, yet I voted for POTUS anyway.
Then I would believe one thing, but my actions would represent a different belief.

I acknowledge that the main potential flaw of democracy is tyranny of the majority, but I don't think that potential flaw means it's a bad system. All systems have potential flaws. I'd rather have a system with the potential for tyranny than a system that outright is tyrannical.

Now you find yourself in that minority, and you want to claim that the whole thing is fucked and just bow out?

What minority is that?

Are you assuming that I was a Hillary supported because I'm not a Trump supporter?
I have clearly stated that is not the case. I do not support politicians.

It terrifies me that you're paid to educate people.

Seems more than a little bit skittish. I'm not teaching political science, after all.