Originally posted by wildman
The truth is the system does not want to know the will of the people only certain select people
Republican party "plank".....
But a bit back ....... there is a need for some check and balance on "tyranny of the masses".. as in a straight democracy... which is what the "electoral college" was for.. Problem is apparently we have as little faith in the small collective of "smart people" as we do in the "masses".. Not an easy problem to solve....
Balancing the tyranny of the majority against the tyranny of the minority....
Personally the US is one of the greatest dysfunctional systems I know... but a lot of the success is due to our cultural diversity.. not commonality.