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South Korea’s K-shaped economy where chip giants give out $1 million bonuses to staff

Xebec said:
The US Congress is the perfect example of the antithesis of meritocracy...
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Well, it's not supposed to be, at least in a perfect world (which obviously we don't live in). In theory, voters cast a ballot for the best candidate for the job. Reality is depressing.

A lot of people don't know this, but until 1913, US senators were elected by each state's legislators, not by popular votes. The 17th Amendment to the Constitution (in 1913) changed elections for senators to "direct election". In the Senate's own words:

U.S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution

Landmark Legislation: Seventeenth Amendment
www.senate.gov www.senate.gov

I'm not sure which method of choosing senators is better...
 
blueone said:
Well, it's not supposed to be, at least in a perfect world (which obviously we don't live in). In theory, voters cast a ballot for the best candidate for the job. Reality is depressing.

A lot of people don't know this, but until 1913, US senators were elected by each state's legislators, not by popular votes. The 17th Amendment to the Constitution (in 1913) changed elections for senators to "direct election". In the Senate's own words:

U.S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution

Landmark Legislation: Seventeenth Amendment
www.senate.gov www.senate.gov

I'm not sure which method of choosing senators is better...
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TIL
 
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