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I'm sure there were many who didn't think direct election of senators was immanent, either - until it was.
In any case, MacIntyre's point is not that the Electoral College is in immediate jeopardy.
MacIntyre never said "something more substantial" wasn't needed.
His point is that conservatives are never going to get that "something more substantial" if they don't start explicitly eschewing pro-democracy apologetics. Mass popular democracy should be regarded with skeptical contempt, rather than with respectful admiration. Otherwise, progressives will just continue beating them over the head with it - while conservatives just continue "driving the speed limit" posted for them by progressives' semantic shenanigans.
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