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I feel the entire opposite, this distribution ensures that all states are dealt in a equal manner by the federal government. India the seats in the upper legisl

I feel the entire opposite, this distribution ensures that all states are dealt in a equal manner by the federal government. India the seats in the upper legislature are distributed unequally between the States, causing smaller states to be marginalized, which could also cause issues. Bigger states could align together and push measures that are detrimental to the intesests of the smaller states.

Iv 7y ago
Which is another way to say that smaller state want a way to undemocratically leech out things from more populous areas. Bigger states aligning and pushing measures that are in their interests rather than in smaller states interests is called democracy. The opposite is called privilege based on state of residence.
- billfruit 7y ago
  Will it be acceptable to the member states of the EU, any configuration that makes some members more equal than others? Also in countries like India, this could offer a perverse incentive for states to refrain from population control policies. Also some states having larger populations than others is a historical accident.
  - Iv 7y ago
    There are 500 million members to the EU. I am in favor of all of them being equal, yes. We still have to quelch local nationalisms so there are some compromises being made to give state some kind of sovereignty, like the US used to need 200 years ago, but once the reasons for these are removed, remove these privileges. India: You assume states work against each other and populations automatically favor their states over the federation they belong to. If that's the case, you have a cultural problem to solve first. I doubt this is the case in the US right now. And yes, there are various reasons for some state to be populous. It is irrelevant with the question on whether all the peoples' vote should have equal weight.
- billfruit 7y ago
  Then what interest would small states have in joining a federation? In my view, a 'federation' implies equality between the states comprising it, and the voting rights of the citizens of the bigger states suffer a dilution, which is the price of joining the union.

Iv 7y ago

Which is another way to say that smaller state want a way to undemocratically leech out things from more populous areas. Bigger states aligning and pushing measures that are in their interests rather than in smaller states interests is called democracy. The opposite is called privilege based on state of residence.

billfruit 7y ago
Will it be acceptable to the member states of the EU, any configuration that makes some members more equal than others? Also in countries like India, this could offer a perverse incentive for states to refrain from population control policies. Also some states having larger populations than others is a historical accident.
- Iv 7y ago
  There are 500 million members to the EU. I am in favor of all of them being equal, yes. We still have to quelch local nationalisms so there are some compromises being made to give state some kind of sovereignty, like the US used to need 200 years ago, but once the reasons for these are removed, remove these privileges. India: You assume states work against each other and populations automatically favor their states over the federation they belong to. If that's the case, you have a cultural problem to solve first. I doubt this is the case in the US right now. And yes, there are various reasons for some state to be populous. It is irrelevant with the question on whether all the peoples' vote should have equal weight.
billfruit 7y ago
Then what interest would small states have in joining a federation? In my view, a 'federation' implies equality between the states comprising it, and the voting rights of the citizens of the bigger states suffer a dilution, which is the price of joining the union.