@jensilber@mastodon.socialOne of the reactions to the Gilded Age in the U.S. was to establish that senators be elected directly instead of by state legislatures. I wonder if we get through this current mess whether we'll manage to dissolve the Electoral College afterward?
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe US is a slave state founded on genocide that *still* hasn't actually abolished slavery. Nazi race law came from Jim Crow, but you won't find that taught in a single classroom in the US. The Senate and Electoral College are *explicitly* anti-democratic institutions... Like, they were designed to prevent democracy. The whole punitive legal system exists to suppress dissent and legitimize slavery. The genocide of indigenous folks *has not even ended* much less has there been any attempt at reparations.
How exactly are you going to fix that by voting harder in the mid terms, and finding a more acceptable candidate for 2028? Seriously, someone explain it to me.
@arXiv_statAP_bot@mastoxiv.pageOne Person, How Many Votes? Demographic Distortions in United States Elections
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19500 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2…
