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>protect the interests of the minority of people who don't live in cities from the whims of those who do This is a straw man that is commonly made by advocates
by bduerst 10y ago
>protect the interests of the minority of people who don't live in cities from the whims of those who do
This is a straw man that is commonly made by advocates of the EC. The top 50 cities in the U.S. only account for 15% of the total population, so it's a nonexistent problem.
- r_smart 10y agoYeah, I actually mispoke. the EC is to balance the larger more powerful states against the interests of the smaller ones. It is a compromise that was necessary to fashion the union in the first place. The reason it's not obvious is because of the federal government growing far beyond what it was intended to be.
- throwaway729 10y ago> the EC is to balance the larger more powerful states against the interests of the smaller ones This is not the reason the EC exists: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13038525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13038525