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Its a remnant from a time when the US was a collection of states instead of a single country. The proverbial change of "the US are" to "the US is". The Presiden
by aurailious 8y ago
Its a remnant from a time when the US was a collection of states instead of a single country. The proverbial change of "the US are" to "the US is". The President is elected by the States just as Senators used to be. It was not about individual representation in the federal government, but representation by the States. This is what the EC was for. The States elect the President.
The US started out as a federation more like how Switzerland is. But over time more and more authority was placed into the federal government and more and more cultural identity was placed there as well. So there are vestiges of government that persist from that earlier time.
- s3nnyy 8y agoAny idea why centralisation happened to the US but not to Switzerland?
- dionidium 8y ago> Its a remnant from a time when the US was a collection of states instead of a single country. This is stated as fact, but it's begging the question, of course, because the tension described is exactly what we're talking about. The United States still are a collection of states, to varying degrees, and the degrees are exactly what's under scrutiny here. That's not a remnant from another time; it's the central conflict, still relevant today.