(September 17, 2024 at 1:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 17, 2024 at 1:00 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: People didn't elect trump to the office, he clearly lost and if will of the people would be respected then it would be reflected by him becoming just another loser. At least from my pov he was handed power by some shady group no matter how legitimate EC is in Americans view.
Your POV is wrong. There was no ‘shady group’ involved. Trump was handed power based on the rules laid down in the US Constitution. Outmoded rules that no longer fulfill their original function, to be sure, but rules just the same.
If Trump had been denied the Presidency after winning the EC, that would have been unconstitutional. The American Founders never intended for their new country to be ruled by ‘the will of the people’.
Boru
The sole reason for the EC was to maintain the legality of southern slavery by ensuring the popular will could be thwarted. It was always meant to be anti-democratic and pro-oligarch.
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