He. Tried. To. Kill. You.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Let’s put everything up to a direct popular vote. Just direct democracy. Why does Congress get to overrule the “will of the American people” when it makes laws?

    • TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      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.