These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,… whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 months ago

    The voting system is so insane. I mean sure, back in the 18th century it made sense due to the travel required, but the fact that americans still use a voting system from that time says it all really…

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0065

      There was one difficulty however of a serious nature attending an immediate choice by the people. The right of suffrage was much more diffusive in the Northern than the Southern States; and the latter could have no influence in the election on the score of the Negroes. The substitution of electors obviated this difficulty and seemed on the whole to be liable to fewest objections.

      Nothing to do with travel, it was just the only way to launder slave votes