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Offline wilber

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Re: Americans Broken Electoral System
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2020, 02:48:25 pm »
I agree about the age part.   

We keep seeing that the U.S. system is not one to be emulated whatsoever.   The ideals espoused, sure.  But those ideals are not being realized by their system, and are actively being undermined by those with power who are doing everything they can to keep it.

There was a segment on the tube this morning about the electoral college. When the first formula was proposed, southern states protested because such a high percentage of their populations were slaves and they didn't want them included. The compromise was slaves would only be considered 3/5 human for the purpose of determining the college. Recent history has shown they haven't got very far past that.
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