Reply #39: How does this solve anything?

[rinsd]

You will have equality in name only. Popular vote so everyone's vote counts. But the reality is the more populous regions will dominate the political process.

Tell me how eliminating the electroal college actually fixes anything beyond giving false weight to empty rheotoric(ie:"everyone's vote counts").

This country was built specifically to protect the interest of the minority even if at times that protection has been at the expense of the majority.

"then a system that allows for minority rule is morally illegitimate no matter how universally accepted the historical apologetics."

A system that bows to mob rule is also morally illegitimate if it offers no protection to the minority.

"It's time we all threw out whatever bullshit we learned in grade school, went back to Democracy 101, and rethought the very concept of the moral basis for government."

So what is the moral basis of government and how do you construct one from whole cloth. Of course this will be more a theoretical exercise but I am curious as to your solution to ensure minority protection while giving the majority its due.