Flying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoPence Says Trump Shouldn’t Be Disqualified Even If CONVICTED — Says ‘That Needs To Be Left To The American People’www.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1735arrow-down1external-linkPence Says Trump Shouldn’t Be Disqualified Even If CONVICTED — Says ‘That Needs To Be Left To The American People’www.mediaite.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoYour highschool government class should have covered this. A pure popular vote system is essentially mob rule, and mobs are fucking idiots. The idea is that you vote people into office that are smart, that are trained, that are the best of us.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoCorrect. The joke is then that Pence is stupider than someone who failed high school civics
Your highschool government class should have covered this. A pure popular vote system is essentially mob rule, and mobs are fucking idiots. The idea is that you vote people into office that are smart, that are trained, that are the best of us.
Correct. The joke is then that Pence is stupider than someone who failed high school civics