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15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

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Re: 15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

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Even when you take for granted--and we shouldn't, but just for funsies we will--that the whole point of the thing is to make executive decisions about national needs... why the heck should Nevada get a bigger say than Los Angeles County? It has become evident that the federalist experiment has failed; because an integrated modern society cuts across state lines, while land can't vote and people matter more than land.…

> why the heck should Nevada get a bigger say than Los Angeles County? To start with, states are the compositional unit of the United States . If Los Angeles County wants to become its own state, there is a process to do that. But to answer the correct question: Nevada has the same say as California, both being states.

"It should be the way it is because that's the way it is."

Thank you for illustrating the bankruptcy of the regressive position.

Re: 15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> why the heck should Nevada get a bigger say than Los Angeles County? To start with, states are the compositional unit of the United States . If Los Angeles County wants to become its own state, there is a process to do that. But to answer the correct question: Nevada has the same say as California, both being states.

"It should be the way it is because that's the way it is." Thank you for illustrating the bankruptcy of the regressive position.

How so? What you just said has no bearing on a comment describing that there is a solution to the problem.

I guess if you want to just "thoughts and prayers" it then that's your prerogative.

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