12-28-2016, 12:41 PM
(12-27-2016, 07:47 AM)Odin Wrote:(12-27-2016, 04:26 AM)Bronsin Wrote: The Electoral College was just fine until the Left got humiliated. Buncha whiners...........
I've always wanted to get rid of it. What people defending the institution don't understand is that the popular vote is the ultimate legitimizing force in a modern liberal democracy, and when the actual workings of government contradict that too many times the government starts losing legitimacy.
Yes and no. There is a real need to be certain that power is shared by people throughout the country, though the EC is a poor tool to get that done. The House of Representatives should be the tool, but it's been corrupted by political forces too. Fixing our politics will be harder than it may seem.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.