Well yeah. I hope I didn't imply they actually won lol. I'm saying they lost, but when people generally tell that story like in the various movies or a history class lecture, they're positioned as the good guys. So many many years later, in that all we have are stories, that matters more than winning. Just my opinion I suppose.
Side note: yeah that Gerard Butler movie 😂
Years before the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, I left Facebook and vowed to never join any platform Zucks touches. Dude just gave me the creeps. One of the best times I ever listened to my vibes.
They covered this in Hitchhiker's Guide. The answer is a towel. A towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry.
Reddit won in the since that Sparta lost. Nobody tells the story like they're LOSERS. Sometimes, being the protagonist in a tale is more important than winning.
Saying it's more efficient was meant to be a little tongue in cheek. It's not now. It was a few hundred years ago when communication was still done by horseback.
Having local governments does mitigate the effect megacities have on rural locations, yes, but not regarding national elections. An argument I've heard time and time again for keeping the EC is that without it, each president would be decided by NYC and LA.
Right. Which is why I stated in my original comment that I am in favor of a popular majority vote...
Edit: typo
What doesn't? That rural states have more weight via the EC than they would in a popular vote? It's not a benefit to the country and citizens as a whole, but it is to those individual states.
Nope but I will add it to my list. Checked out the link and it's right up my alley. Thanks.
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