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> The Senate was a Faustian bargain to make the Union possible at all. ...because the lower-population states didn't want to be over-powered. Hence, a balance.
by blotter_paper 7y ago
> The Senate was a Faustian bargain to make the Union possible at all.
...because the lower-population states didn't want to be over-powered. Hence, a balance. If you wanna change the bargain, give the little guys a chance to leave.
- Jeff_Brown 7y agoFair enough -- they sacrificed the balance of power among voters today, in order to achieve a balance of power among the states in the 1700s. God how I would love to change the bargain. I see zero path forward.
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- Gibbon1 7y agoDon't know but Britain made fixes eventually to it's rotten borough problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Act_1832 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Act_1832