re: #172 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If you ask Ron Paul in an unguarded moment, I am sure he will tell you that things have been going downhill ever since we expanded the voting franchise beyond property-owning white males.
Then we cut down what βwhiteβ means, tossing Irish, Italians, and Slavs out of the club first. Keep cutting until you get the desired election result.