A federal structure is a means to an end, not the goal itself. If it doesn’t serve the purpose we want then we should change it. In any case, even if you take

A federal structure is a means to an end, not the goal itself. If it doesn’t serve the purpose we want then we should change it. In any case, even if you take the state as the unit that needs to be balanced, my point stands: you can’t balance “the minority” by picking some arbitrary minority and giving them more power.