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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:36:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:37:36 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> Even the dumbest citizen knows that it wouldn't make sense for the
>> presidency to be decided by the metropolises of the country ...
>
> I’ve heard that nonsense from countless supporters of the Dumbfuckistani 
> voting system, and I still don’t understand it.
>
> Don’t you take it as “self-evident” that all your people are created 
> equal? If so, why shouldn’t their votes count equally too?

Nope, that's mob rule. What's fair is the agreement the states made BEFORE 
joining the Union. Now they want to renegotiate the contract.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien