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The college no longer provides for any of the purposes that motivated its creation. If we judge the college based upon the criteria that motivated its creation
by throwaway729 10y ago
The college no longer provides for any of the purposes that motivated its creation.
If we judge the college based upon the criteria that motivated its creation, then we inevitably reach the conclusion that the college should be abolished.
- 13years 10y agoThere is no reason to abolish it, unless you prefer majority rule. However, if you want a true republic and protection against the problems of majority rule, then you might want to potentially change it, but not abolish it. https://fee.org/articles/the-accidental-genius-of-the-electoral-college/ https://fee.org/articles/the-accidental-genius-of-the-electo...
- throwaway729 10y agoThe senate and modern house play that role. As it stands, we have minority rule in nearly every branch of federal government.
- 13years 10y agoThe article I linked covered this topic.
- throwaway729 10y agoThe FEE argument, if assumed to be self-consistent, works even better as an argument against a status quo that systematically favors a minority party over a (popular) majority party. If the goal is balancing power between political parties, then the presidency should certainly be a popular vote or else the house and senate should be substantially reformed.