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Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy
Date: 1 Nov 2024 01:45:22 GMT
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:50:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:43:00 -0400, -hh wrote:
> 
>> Plus there were probably some thinking further ahead, into the balance
>> of political power ramifications in elections:  at today's population,
>> the Philippines would've been a prize with ~138 Electoral College
>> votes.
> 
> Why is there an Electoral College? In a country which claims to hold the
> truth to be “self-evident”, that all its citizens are “created equal”,
> why does it not count their votes equally?

Give it a rest. We ain't all god's chillun and we ain't all equal.