Sometimes I imagine a world where a candidate who loses the election, but wins a majority of the electoral college, would just obviously and magnanimously absolutely insist on a temporary coalition government followed by a special election.
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I imagine a Senate that would self-impose qualified majority voting through rule making, because 2 voices per state is disproportionate influence enough, 2 equal votes per state would be madness.
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I imagine a Congress that would insist on giving voting representation to D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and other territories. Because how could you not?
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I imagine a political system that at every level would insist on a judicial appointment commission, led by the legal profession, and an electoral boundary commission. How else could they have democratic credibility?
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We vacillate between winner-breaks-all factions; one wildly corrupt and theocratic beyond international norms, the other technocratic and timid. Either way, a cult of reverence.
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I don't think I got to edit any of your Builders Library posts but now I wish I would have. Not that this is what you're going for here, but...what great writing!
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