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nostr:npub1tf489l2mm4jgjxs5s9anxfx40vt0ptt99ls8yfs00t3t8vjkjntq4cnzuj Madison warned us against Issue One: the GOP plan to replace a 50.1% majority with 60% to amend the Ohio constitution.

If approved, "it would be no longer the majority that would rule; the power would be transferred to the minority” when it comes to passing laws or other measures, he said in Federalist 58.

Worse, Issue One + GOP gerrymandering together will put bad legislators and bad policies out of reach of the voting majority.

Issue One is tyranny of the minority in action.

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Staid Winnow 2y ago

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Did Madison heed his own warning when he agreed to the electoral college or denial of the franchise to women, the poor, and the 3/5ths people in Federalist ?

Our inequality is rooted in the Constitution whose authors we inexplicably revere unquestioningly for their wisdom. They did what was right for them. It helped replace a monarchy with a constitutional aristocracy.

The nation is running as designed.

Unfortunately.

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166f02cd... 2y ago

nostr:npub1ddpukxz4rkcadch7gu5hqre42lju5spyg2ph747yvgysathy4ulqye2tax Whenever I tell people this sort of stuff they have aneurysms. They think that The Constitution protects differently abled, POC, and women. The propaganda and propagation of ignorance is so good these days.

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76aa9f93... 2y ago

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Do you live in a large city or a state with large population? Different perspective if you live in a small town or a state with a smaller population. Even after money is targeted to remediate the money/advantage gap it frequently gets diverted away from them to big cities/states with larger populations where big donors and a large voting pool exist. Electoral college was meant to be a political correction for lack of power.