Who are the "real" Americans?

Got an interesting reply to a point I made in another thread.
I thank that SW member for bringing up the point.
I am paraphrasing but he doesn't want to get rid of the electoral college and go for a straight popular vote, as he feels candidates would concentrate on large metropolitan areas. As opposed to small metropolitan areas (LOL). The reasons he gives is that people in these areas have forgotten the frontier spirit that perhaps he feels made America great. I'm pretty sure that somebody working in Wall Street (NY) or in Hollywood (CA) would take issue with that. They could say, if they were successful of course, that they were bringing in the $$$$$ that make America great. Do they really need to be removing timber and boulders to be a "real" American?

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

First, America isnt a Democracy. It says so on the wrapper.. Its a Republic. In this case it happens to be a broadly democratic Republic, but it doesnt take much to change that as recent events show. The fact is that there is little to prevent the top down removal of unwanted votes to get the result you want. And that could still happen next time out. So there is that.
But a nation isnt just its people. It is the wealth, the industry and the commerce. So you can have your one person , one vote. Or you can have your electoral colleges, based or a rural bias. Or you can update and and reweigh the Electoral college system. based on the proportion of the national economic output a particular state produces, which could be updated every 4 years, ahead of the election.😷