Comments by "Psiberzerker" (@Psiberzerker) on "Problems with the Electoral College ft. Extra Credits" video.

  1. Neither one is "Best." It's not Superman vs Homelander, "Who would win in a fight?" At the time the Constitution was written, a direct vote democracy wasn't possible, because the votes had to be counted locally, and a Representative had to go in and vote, later. Because we had Horses, sailing ships, and no nationwide Post Office, there was literally no way to reliably gather all the votes, and count them (Without some of them being lost, stolen, and destroyed.) So, we got a Democratic Republic, because of the limitations of voting on that scale. We took the island of Briton's laws, when we're not an island, where nobody lived more than 2 day's horse-ride from anyone else. We're 13 colonies spread across a coast from Maine to Georgia. Now, we have the technology to fly votes, securely from all over the country, and count them together (Probably in Kansas City, 200 miles from the geographic center of the continental US) on the same day. It's just a question of A, Manpower, and B, Precedent. Unfortunately, Precedent wins out, so we're stuck with a system that dates back to the Constitution, sailing ships from Maine, and Georgia to Philadelphia, and white male landowners over the age of 35 writing the best qualifications to chose a President, FOR THEM. Keep in mind, this was the "Best" system for the white male landowners over the age of 35, not for America. If women, and slaves could have voted, the first 200 years of Presidential succession could have gone a lot differently.
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  2. Politically, the argument is that "X is best," so eliminate Y, entirely. That's not Partisan, it's Totalitarian. "Capitalism is best, so eliminate ALL Socialism from the country," McCarthyism, after the broad Socialism of FDR, the most successful president in History, just going by Votes, and won Elections. Anti-socialism, scare tactics, basically the biggest greediest richest Sociopath wins. Every election. That's not what we set up a Democratic Republic for, it was for the Republic to check the Democratic part, and the Democratic part to balance out the Republic. (Across the board, the 3 branches were supposed to be like a Tribunal, so no 1 had too much power, the other 2 could always step in to check 1, if they started gaining too much Power.) That's how the Constitution was set up initially, but now the Popular vote is "The President is more important than the Senatorial race, and the Senate is more important than the House of representatives..." Hierarchy, while we have to explain the Electoral College every 4 years, while we wait for the Olympics to start. When the truth is, the Senate is the most important race, every 2 years. Most Americans don't even know who their Senator is, let alone who he's running against.
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