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On Wed, 07 Dec 2016 23:37:10 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:33:31 -0500,
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 16:10:56 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

And that electoral college imbalance is a consequence of placating the
Southern states when the union was being formed in order to help those
states out with their slavery problem.

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It wasn't just the southern states that needed placating. It was all
states outside of the big city northeast corridor. Like it or not,
the electoral college is functioning exactly as it was intended. It's
really difficult to dispute the wisdom of the founding fathers.

I think the democrats have misdiagnosed the divide in the US.
It is not between rich and poor or even race. It is the difference
between city and country. In that regard the problem addressed by the
EC is still valid. Without the EC and the Senate, the people of
Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and any of the other red states would have no
say at all in how they are governed. Since the unconstitutional
expansion of the federal powers in the last 80 years, that is more
important than ever. Things that should be regulated by the states are
now regulated by Washington and people who think they understand rural
living because they have a friend in Frederick County.

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That's very much in line with my view of things. It all comes down to
the question of what is the proper role of the federal government?
Some are obvious like national defense, foreign policy, monetary
system/policy, and regulation of interstate commerce. After that it
gets very murky.

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