Message from @chad

Discord ID: 531199456624902154


2019-01-05 19:54:36 UTC  

"A constitutional republic is a form of government, where the head of state and other representatives are elected from a group of people."

2019-01-05 19:54:41 UTC  

No it's not

2019-01-05 19:54:43 UTC  

the EC is perfectly fine

2019-01-05 19:54:48 UTC  

notice the "group of people"

2019-01-05 19:54:56 UTC  

Which is what the EC is

2019-01-05 19:55:04 UTC  

as any elector can change their stance

2019-01-05 19:55:09 UTC  

which in a democracy they can't

2019-01-05 19:55:14 UTC  

Which is fine by me tbh

2019-01-05 19:55:51 UTC  

Obviously trump supporters are going to like the EC since it lets them win even if they are the minority lol

2019-01-05 19:55:56 UTC  

Not really

2019-01-05 19:56:01 UTC  

it's more of the fact that it's not a pure democracy

2019-01-05 19:56:06 UTC  

and the founding fathers created it

2019-01-05 19:56:09 UTC  

with good thoughts

2019-01-05 19:56:22 UTC  

If we change the way the president is elected, will there be chaos?

2019-01-05 19:56:28 UTC  

I guarentee you would say the same if Trump won the pop vote but lost

2019-01-05 19:56:32 UTC  

Will the country collapse?

2019-01-05 19:56:36 UTC  

Thats not the point

2019-01-05 19:56:44 UTC  

thats not how you justify removing something like the EC

2019-01-05 19:56:55 UTC  

The point is the EC prevents a democracy

2019-01-05 19:56:58 UTC  

which is true and good

2019-01-05 19:56:59 UTC  

The point of the EC is to prevent someone who is unqualified from becoming elected obviously that failed considering who won in 2016

2019-01-05 19:57:04 UTC  

Not really

2019-01-05 19:57:06 UTC  

Trump is damn qualified

2019-01-05 19:57:19 UTC  

As we've seen through his track record since Jan 2017

2019-01-05 19:57:24 UTC  

he did more than Obama could in 8 years

2019-01-05 19:57:33 UTC  

If we change the way the president is elected, we won't be a pure democracy

2019-01-05 19:57:42 UTC  

A pure democracy is when citizens vote on every law

2019-01-05 19:57:43 UTC  

We'd be a democracy

2019-01-05 19:57:50 UTC  

No'

2019-01-05 19:57:56 UTC  

And we wouldn't be a constitional republic

2019-01-05 19:57:57 UTC  

We would be a federal republic

2019-01-05 19:58:07 UTC  

The whole point is to be a constitutional republic

2019-01-05 19:58:11 UTC  

abolishing the EC stops that

2019-01-05 19:59:02 UTC  

The electors vote for what the population votes for

2019-01-05 19:59:11 UTC  

Lol

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/441728840025374731/531200009274654721/image0.png

2019-01-05 19:59:12 UTC  

Nope

2019-01-05 19:59:14 UTC  

That makes 0 sense

2019-01-05 19:59:14 UTC  

they don't have to

2019-01-05 19:59:19 UTC  

They do

2019-01-05 19:59:20 UTC  

Whats so hard to understand

2019-01-05 19:59:22 UTC  

No they don't