We talked the other day about how the French riots should teach us the problems with pure majority rule, i.e. the majority will try to overrun the minority voters, and rebellion might seem to the minority as the only alternative. See Macron, France, and the riots -- peripheral voters rebel when the majority tries to overrun them.
Along those lines, see The Riots In France Perfectly Illustrate Why We Need The Electoral College. At that link Auguste Meyrat provides an articulate and sound explanation for how a government that exclusively represents urban voters would act.
But he also provides an explanation for a phenomenon that vexes conservatives: Why do residents of big cities vote democrat? From the article:
For all the virtues that come of its size and population, the city at its core is the embodiment of dependence and collectivism. The city-dweller depends on many people: his landlord, his employer, the mass transit system, a well-trained police force, on decent infrastructure, and the many businesses that provide necessities and luxuries.
Collectives are also inherent to the city. Cities are the places of unions, corporations, factories, high-density apartments, subways, government centers, large universities, and medical complexes. People lose themselves in various groups and organizations and depend on them to advocate on their behalf.
Because of this, people of the city struggle to think and act for themselves. Their lifestyle has put them in the habit of outsourcing everything. They see big government as one more big organization to help them along, and they will continually vote for some of the worst political candidates if it means they might get something.
It's difficult to envision a way to reverse that thinking.
------
1:42 PM 12/15/2018
Comments