Re: Americans are dumb
'if all states worked on a more representative system like nebraska and maine, the outcome would better reflect the popular vote'.
This is not necessarily a good thing. There's a reason the founding fathers made the USA a Republic and not a pure democracy. In a country as large and diverse as the USA, having policy made by and for the majority living on the east and west coasts would lead to alienation of the huge mass of 'flyover states' in the middle.
Thus the college and the Senate were specifically created to protect the interests of smaller rural populations, not so that they 'reflect the popular vote'. After all, pure democracy has been famously defined as 'two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.'
Biting the hand that feeds IT
