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Perhaps you should spend a little of time reading about the US form of government because what you described is very similar to the purpose of the House and the

Perhaps you should spend a little of time reading about the US form of government because what you described is very similar to the purpose of the House and the Senate. Barring gerrymandering issues, the house members are populous elected representatives with each state given weight based on its population. Then each state gets 2 senate seats which are elected within the states by popularity as well. Tldr; you've essentially described how the law making arm of the US is already elected and have pretended it's something new.

kuschku 9y ago
I’ve described what the US model would be ideally. But that’s not what it is today. The German system was designed after the US system (due to WWII, and everything after), but improved. Gerrymandering is a real issue (the German model doesn’t have that), the house seats are effectively arbitrarily distributed, etc.
dang 9y ago
> Perhaps you should spend a little of time reading Please don't take swipes like that in HN comments.
- hueving 9y ago
  I replied to a comment that said this: >You’ve misrepresented everything you’ve said, and your argument isn’t even conclusive Why the double standard?
  - kuschku 9y ago
    By the way, I (the user you had replied to) fully support your phrasing, and even your comment — my original comment was a bit unstructured, so your question was valid, as it was easy to miss if someone doesn't know the German system. So I am especially disappointed by the downvotes and the unasked for moderator action your comment got — it asked a valid question.
  - dang 9y ago
    There's no double standard, just randomness. We don't come close to seeing everything. When a bad post hasn't been moderated, the likeliest explanation is simply that we haven't seen it yet. We've scolded kuschku plenty of times for breaking the guidelines in the past, and you're quite right that he did so there with that uncharitable swipe.

kuschku 9y ago

I’ve described what the US model would be ideally. But that’s not what it is today. The German system was designed after the US system (due to WWII, and everything after), but improved. Gerrymandering is a real issue (the German model doesn’t have that), the house seats are effectively arbitrarily distributed, etc.

dang 9y ago

> Perhaps you should spend a little of time reading Please don't take swipes like that in HN comments.

hueving 9y ago
I replied to a comment that said this: >You’ve misrepresented everything you’ve said, and your argument isn’t even conclusive Why the double standard?
- kuschku 9y ago
  By the way, I (the user you had replied to) fully support your phrasing, and even your comment — my original comment was a bit unstructured, so your question was valid, as it was easy to miss if someone doesn't know the German system. So I am especially disappointed by the downvotes and the unasked for moderator action your comment got — it asked a valid question.
- dang 9y ago
  There's no double standard, just randomness. We don't come close to seeing everything. When a bad post hasn't been moderated, the likeliest explanation is simply that we haven't seen it yet. We've scolded kuschku plenty of times for breaking the guidelines in the past, and you're quite right that he did so there with that uncharitable swipe.