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It's original intent requires a world in which news took weeks to travel, and communication was too slow.

But that's not tge world we've got anymore.

A world that moves faster is absolutely the original intent of the EC which is more essential now than ever before.

Rule by a demagogue is the primary weakness of a democracy and it's a pretty bad one at that.

That's already what congress is for, the US system just gives too much power to the president, while having it a directly elected position, so it has to have this complicated system which is entirely broken.

Parliamentary Democracies have fared much better in recent times.

Yes, thats what congress is for in the legislative branch. In the executive branch the EC provides that function.

You're forgetting that we are Constitutionally allowed 1 congress rep per 30k. Right now it's at 1 per 790k. Thats already demagogue territory.

Also, forgetting the 17th Amendment and the original intent of Senators.

You have a very narrow way of rationalizing the destruction of an actual bulwark against tyranny.

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