I honestly don’t understand why we talk about eliminating the Electoral College when it literally requires some states to vote in favor of giving up their own power. In what economy of incentives is this even possible?

There is a difference between infotainment and propaganda. Both give you what you want but charge a different price.

If you are going to make a statement like that, you should really back it up w primary sources.

Why do we keep having this discussion when IT WONT ever happen? It’s a grift at this point. A boogie man to raise funds against, like Trump.

Abolishing the Electoral College would require the approval of some of the states that would lose power.

The only way it happens is if we pay them off for their vote.

I just looked up the steps to admit a new State, and, uh, technically it’s almost as easy as passing a law. No supermajority or consent of the existing States required. A president Harris and a blue congress could just. . . do it. . .I guess?

I hope I am missing something.

Yep. My first interaction with GPT pro lasted 36 hours and I nearly changed my religion.

AI is the best thing to come to learning, ever. If you are a curious person, this is bigger than Gutenberg, IMO.

I always tell myself I am reading minds when I read inside parentheses

I agree with everything you say and I am all about the way that you captured the dysfunction of the political apparatus and its inability to deliver for a price and on a date. I think my argument is that that’s exactly why the government should not be in charge of this stuff. It should not be political. I don’t think there’s any way to avoid billboards in space, but at least we’ll be able to finally get out there.

Hello, fellow mello bellow er!

Ship it!

There is a reason we moved this to the private sector. Govt bureaucrats can’t get out of their own way and every project triples in cost, with no single person calling the shots to get the job done. Govt cannot keep up with the pace we need.

Boeing is hot garbage.

SpaceX has a shit face, but they are incredibly competent and effective at iterating their way to space.