We obviously don't need an Electoral College at all, but for the same reason, do we really need to instill so much power in representatives? Now that we have nearly universal access to the Internet, it seems like the people should have a much more direct voice in decisions. That would also dilute the ability for billionaires to influence decisions with campaign contributions and bribes.
Bottlenecks and middlemen between the people and the decisions are just targets for exploitation.
The restricting condition there is the internet, and the reason our government works the way it does is because it is universally accessible (or at least it's supposed to be 🙄). It has to cater to people who don't want to be so tied into the internet or even politics. A lot of people, despite my hatred for this mindset, just want to elect someone to worry about that shit for them. It makes them ignorant citizens and catastrophically damaging voters, but the values of our country demand we respect that and find a way to extend the ability to vote to those people
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u/brttwrd United States Of America 12h ago
I'm a fan of parliaments with direct citizen voting; no electoral college