Otherwise they exist purely to redistribute the popular vote away from the large cities . Or , to put it in a less pejorative way , to protect smaller states from the tyranny of larger ones , which was always one stated reason of the EC . Otherwise they wouldn ' t have tied it to representation in the house and the senate . <| sep |> Its not a pedantic point , its a literal example . <| sep |> II ' m sorry . I mmeant to say that I put it back up . II really can ' t do aanything right . <| sep |> I am ready to vom after pledging at the $ 750 level . I am probably going to cancel in the end since there are so many better things that can go to that I am in need of . I wish I was well off . blah <| sep |> You ' re already dead . It just may take anything from a week to a few years for the reality to catch up with you . Between the gangs , the supervillains , and the city itself , they all want you varying degrees of out of the way . Even Batman would probably rather the concept of you stop being a perpetual obstruction to his brand of justice . If you ' re lucky , one of the Dons will just pay you off and give you an early retirement away from the city , and then a few years later you get killed by another Don clearing away his rival or predecessors junk . If you ' re unlucky , the Joker will kidnap you , torture you , kill you , and string you up somewhere obvious , just to prove to the Bat that he can . Somewhere in the middle is you getting whacked for either being too corrupt or not corrupt enough .