On Oct 4, 12:22 pm, Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The USA is a republic, far from a direct democracy, BTW. A vote in
> Wyoming has about 40 times more impact than one in California.
> Similar to the original republic, Rome, where a rich voter had a much
> larger impact than a poor one. The big empty states in the US have
> outsized impact. It's a result of the deal to pass the Constitution
> back in 1787, won't bore you with the details.
Actually, there was a program on the BBC's Radio 4 on Wednesday which
talked about that.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00dnb92
For other programs in America week see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/america/
> The uneven representation in the Senate and Presidential elections
> probably has the effect of making it harded to do anything about
> global warming in the USA.
My disgust with with democracy is only partly due to the fact that the
future of the world and of me will be decided by the votes of
Americans. They only represent less than 5% of the global population
and are outnumbered by me and my fellow Europeans by a ratio of more
than two to one. So much for one man one vote!
>From what you say it seems that who ever is elected president will not
be able to get measures through Congress to prevent CCC (climatic
change catastrophe.)
Waur a' doomed,
Cheers, Alastair.
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