Re: The Joy Of Democracy

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:50:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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?

Give it a rest. We ain't all god's chillun and we ain't all equal.