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> In any federation you must curb the power of the most powerful and boost the weakest for it to work. This is a very Americocentric view. There is in fact no
by adamnemecek 7y ago
> In any federation you must curb the power of the most powerful and boost the weakest for it to work.
This is a very Americocentric view. There is in fact no such requirement in general.
The US in particular has a problem of being pulled by some small, fringe groups.
- kd5bjo 7y agoThat statement is a corollary to “A federation must make some attempt to treat its members as equals.” While not necessarily true, deviating too far from it starts to stretch the definition of a federation.
- kortilla 7y ago> This is a very Americocentric view. Well it’s how the European Union works as well. Think of each US state as an individual State in the EU of that helps you understand it.
- umanwizard 7y agoDo you have any examples of federations that don't work that way, i.e., that have purely proportional representation of all the constituent entities?
- satori99 7y agoAustralia uses a highly proportional electoral process for its lower house. The constitution requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original state has at least 5 members in the House of Representatives. Districts are decided and managed by a politically independent federal commission (ie: not by politicians). The Australian senate is still a state house modelled in the US fashion. And is therefore not proportional to the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_Ho...