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The framers of the constitutuon recognized that land has rights too and made sure that geography, not just population, was part of the democracy via institution
by tathougies 7y ago
The framers of the constitutuon recognized that land has rights too and made sure that geography, not just population, was part of the democracy via institutions such as the electoral college. Very forward thinking
- smt88 7y agoI think this is stretching the stated intent of the Electoral College to the point of being disingenuous. The framers did want "land" to affect presidential election, but not because they wanted the land itself to be a separate legal entity. Do you have any evidence to the contrary?
- tathougies 7y agoI never said they wanted land to be a separate entity but rather they sought to take into account geographic interests and not just individual ones when writing the constitution
- smt88 7y agoAgreed, but "geographic interests" was an economic distinction. I don't see how it has any relationship to the original article, which is about giving rights to literal pieces of the Earth.
- tathougies 7y agoBecause the first step in the law recognizing something has rights is first realizing they have interests to be protected.