Re: Making Sense of It All

[John D. Giorgis]

At 08:24 AM 12/18/00 -0600, Dan M.  wrote:
>Why are geographic minorities the important ones?  

Because geographic distinctions are the basis of nation-states, and it is
geographical differences, that if left unaddressed, eventually foment civil
wars.

>Why are rural voters 
>enshrined, and various types of urban voters lower class people that are 
>lumped together?

Well, urban voters are still very important.   It should bepointed out that
large States like MI, PA, FL, and CA historically play very important roles
in election.   It is these big and urban states that contain the large
caches of votes necessary to reach a majority.

JDG
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