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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:14:38 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> 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?

Because the founding fathers of the United States wanted to piss off New 
Zealand cranks. It looks likes it worked.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
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