On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 12:22 PM Lawrence Crowell < [email protected]> wrote:
> *> I will no longer believe in the American people, where I think for > decades there has been a celebration of ignorance,** superstition and > honoring of brutes* In defense of the American people, they never wanted Donald Trump they clearly wanted Hillary Clinton in 2016, but in our lunatics system the American people don't get the vote for their president, only the 538 members of the Electoral College have the right to vote for a president, and 304 of them lost their mind and voted for Donald. The Republicans always end up on top despite the wishes of the people because of deep flaws that have been in the US Constitution from the very beginning. Small states tend to be rural, conservative and Republican, and the 22 smallest states have a combined population that is 2.4 million fewer than the number of people who live in just one state, California; and yet those states have 44 senators but California only has 2. And those 22 small states have 98 electoral votes combined while California, even though it has a larger population, only has 55. That's why 12 million more people voted for Democratic senators than Republican senators in the last election, and yet the Republicans actually increased their majority in the Senate. And that's why the Democrats won the popular vote in 4 of the last 5 Presidential elections and yet we've had a republican president for 12 of the last 20 years. This sort of thing causes resentment, and sooner or later resentment will produce consequences. like court packing as one of the milder examples. John K Clark > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2-uVMxEjnFrxJyBbk%2B1qyMx7TyFvz%2BrnfZbKD0N7BPwQ%40mail.gmail.com.
