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Title: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: mystery-ak on May 25, 2019, 12:20:25 pm

Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

Trent England, Opinion contributor Published 7:00 a.m. ET May 23, 2019 | Updated 12:44 p.m. ET May 24, 2019

If the National Popular Vote drive kills the Electoral College, rural and small town Americans who supply our food and energy will lose their voice.


Should rural and small-town Americans be reduced to serfdom? The American Founders didn’t think so. This is one reason why they created checks and balances, including the Electoral College. Today that system is threatened by a proposal called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, or NPV.

Rural America produces almost all our country’s food, as well as raw materials like metals, cotton and timber. Energy, fossil fuels but also alternatives like wind and solar come mostly from rural areas. In other words, the material inputs of modern life flow out of rural communities and into cities.

This is fine, so long as the exchange is voluntary — rural people choose to sell their goods and services, receive a fair price, and have their freedom protected under law. But history shows that city dwellers have a nasty habit of taking advantage of their country cousins. Greeks enslaved whole masses of rural people, known as helots. Medieval Europe had feudalism. The Russians had their serfs.

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Title: Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: Sanguine on May 26, 2019, 02:28:11 pm

We don't have much of a voice now.

Title: Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: Bill Cipher on May 26, 2019, 02:31:31 pm

As would the residents of most small towns.

Title: Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: Fishrrman on May 26, 2019, 11:14:27 pm

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Title: Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: Free Vulcan on May 27, 2019, 01:05:40 am

And now you know why they want it.

Urban liberals don't think rural areas should even have population, but be giant national parks to use as their playground.

They are highly progressive people - progressing right back to the days of kings and serfs.

Title: Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on May 27, 2019, 02:08:29 am

The would be akin to being a citizen of the state of New York and not living in NYC.