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I stopped reading after this huge pile of shit:
"The negative views of today's academics are starkly at odds with the universal admiration for the system at the time it was created. Alexander Hamilton, for instance, publicly deemed the Electoral College "excellent.8 Other delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed with him: They viewed the Electoral College as one of the new Constitution's great achievements. Today's unenthusiastic views would almost certainly surprise these early patriots."
Oh, shit, the dudes who created it thought it was awesome at the time they created it. Helpful!
As would: cars, planes, computers, cruise missiles, nukes, pluto's existence, the red wedding, etc
ah yes, enlightened democracy. you know, where we reinforce that the elites don't want actual democracy
you do realize that the framers were basically all aristocrats who limited voting right out of the gate, right?
As would: cars, planes, computers, cruise missiles, nukes, pluto's existence, the red wedding, etc
you do realize that the framers were basically all aristocrats who limited voting right out of the gate, right?
The membership agreement at doofus' country club?
Yes I do. Now put aside your disgust with the fact that they were 18th century aristocrats who didn't have your 21st century sensibilities, can you name a greater document of governance ever written?
Yes I do. Now put aside your disgust with the fact that they were 18th century aristocrats who didn't have your 21st century sensibilities, can you name a greater document of governance ever written?
Yes I do. Now put aside your disgust with the fact that they were 18th century aristocrats who didn't have your 21st century sensibilities, can you name a greater document of governance ever written?
The EC is working very well. It just prevented the disaster of electing Hillary Clinton. The founders got it right, especially as far as the last election is concerned.