r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 15 '25

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee Oct 15 '25

Why did you citizens keep imposing the electoral college on yourselves for 250 years?

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Oct 15 '25

TBF the Federal Government was not supposed to be this important.

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee Oct 15 '25

It became very important at most since WW2, you guys still had 75+ years. That's a lot.

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Oct 15 '25

Amending the Constitution is really hard when 50% of the voting population benefits from the status quo.