Posted on 03/23/2019 8:18:16 AM PDT by Twotone
During the dying days of the Roman Republic, with effete senators stabbing each other in the back when they were not busy in orgies, Julius Caesar followed the exact trajectory of a Leviathan—what Thomas Hobbes described beautifully hundreds of years later. Caesar, by this time opposed to the Senate, which obstructed his imperial aims, decided to cross the river Rubicon, thereby declaring war on the last vestiges of the craven republic.
After crossing the river, Caesar famously said Alea Eacta Est, or the die is cast. Thus crossing the Rubicon is now considered a revolutionary act that aims to destroy the status quo, structure, and balance, from which there’s no return. The only way forward is through chaos.
The current Democratic presidential frontrunners, with their war cries of Electoral College abolition and reduction of the voting age, signify another crossing the Rubicon moment. That’s because without the Senate, and without the Electoral College, there would be no states in the United States of America. Essentially, there would be no republic anymore. And if history is a good teacher, every time there was direct democracy, it has led to a Caesar—or worse. Warren Opened Up a Foolish Can of Worms
“My view is that every vote matters. And that means get rid of the Electoral College,” said Elizabeth Warren, the most tedious and hopelessly fraudulent of all Democratic candidates, in what could be an exemplary sentence of meaningless tautology. Of course every vote already matters, but that doesn’t make a good catchphrase.
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Ummm no. The EC is important but even with direction election of the president we’d still be a republic.
Looks like that’s the one I should keep?
(given current numbers)
Yes, you cannot fix their delusion.
It’s a religion, I tell ya...
Nope and nope. The fact of the matter is most of the time the popular vote winner and the EC winner are the same. Yeah, we’ve had a couple of exceptions recently, but those are outliers. Meanwhile most rural OK families probably already feel like the country is ruled by mobs in NYC and LA, and they vote anyway.
Keep that handy it’s good stuff
We have been in the Rubicon’s waters since Amendment 17: direct election of Senators.
The Republic’s garments are already thoroughly soaked, and it is shivering badly.
Well said.
I’ve got it handy. Let me know if ou want it up again.
Yeah, I’m gonna copy that. Great info.
Interesting stuff
nice
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