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Map ≠ Territory's avatar

"Many of our institutions function well because most participants set aside immediate selfish aims in order to conform to social norms"

Again with the disregard of history, in this case, that the Electoral College was set up by slavers for slavers to have presidency: http://time.com/4558510/ele...

There are factors why the Electoral College is doomed to further decreasing voting power of some citizens, thereby violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the prohibition of unequal vote dilution: https://www.washingtonpost....

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Sure. But there's a vast difference between not following particular laws - speeding on the highway, not turning in friends who use drugs, or are "dreamers", or cheat on their taxes, etc. - and overthrowing the basic foundations of our society.

Elections, constitutional rights and separation of powers, the rule of law, respecting the decisions of courts are fundamental to the way our society is organized.

To reject those is to start a civil war, because without them we have no peaceful way to resolve disputes.

It's not the same as double-parking.

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