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Whether or not you're okay about this says a lot about you.

• AnimalMuppet 7y ago
  Perhaps, and not in the direction you think. We don't need the Senate to be the House. We already have the House for that. If you think that the Senate is the problem, that more House-like behavior is what we need, then what it says about you is that you don't understand the point behind the American system of government. The point was to not have too much direct democracy. If you don't understand why that was the point, yes, that says something about you.
  • jefurii 7y ago
    Oh I understand perfectly well the reason why the Senate and the Electoral College and superdelegates in e.g. the Democratic Party were created. It was because the founders were afraid of actual democracy and they wanted to ensure their own positions. It has had the effect that a certain constituency (rich white men) are privileged above all others. There is a disconnect between the narrative we have told ourselves about democracy and the actual system we have. I would like to change the system so that it better serves our entire population and not just rich white men.
    • AnimalMuppet 7y ago
      There was a bit more to the founders' opposition to direct democracy than merely "wanting to ensure their own positions"...