i am pleased to announce that the next three weeks will have very special blog posts pertaining to non western views of psychology and pop culture because i'm in mombasa, kenya! it's beautiful here, but also sad because of the huge social-economic differences between the different subgroups. however, we might start to see some of that change starting today.
today is referendum day here in kenya, so all citizens have a chance to vote on the countries new constitution, which is looking like it will pass (washington post, 2010). it's so awesome that i get to be here to witness what is essentially history in the making.
this referendum also poses some interesting questions: how would the u.s. be if we did not have the electoral college? our founding fathers designed the electoral college because they worried about the common man not having enough information to make informed decisions in the voting process, however, in today's internet society this is hardly an issue. we all know that the electoral college can be manipulated (he hem, george bush). if we had the chance, how would the u.s. remake it's government? how would you?
PLEASE comment below, i'd love to hear your opinion. you owe me from the last post. read that one and comment too. anything you want me to cover while i'm here? tell me about it and i'll try to get to it. thanks.
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As many wise ones have said throughout history: it's the questions.
ReplyDeleteI think it is indeed all about the questions, this is one of the most important that we as US citizens might be asking right now...
I think there's a pulse to public understanding, there's an odd brewing then some sort of catalyst that really pushes it into truth. But first there must be one... or a perhaps a few who stand out on a limb, finger raised, saying: hold on here...
thank you-
thank you! it's great to hear from readers!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure that the internet has reached all aspects of our diverse American society. For instance, I had to replace my Oregon Driver License with a California one, and two people had the tests read to them because they could not read or write. They are a minority, but what about those older folks who do not have a computer and do not want to learn how to use one? Their opinions may be skewed by their local news papers (such as Salt Lake City's two newspapers which are basically anti-gay and Mormon run).
ReplyDeleteIs the Electoral College obsolete if it brings disenfranchised groups into the mix by including them? That concerns me, especially as we have statistics showing some populations do not vote and they are often in minority communities. Still, theoretically =, a like-minded individual would be putting in an electoral vote to be representative of those populations even if individuals did not themselves vote.
All that said, we DID get stuck with Dubya.... TWICE at that!
true, the electoral college should not be disbanded until at least 90% of all eligible subgroups (obviously not minors, hence the eligible part)are voting consistently
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