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That's the point. Otherwise highly populous states would steamroll smaller states, causing tremendous political tension and long-term could trigger a war.
by TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
That's the point. Otherwise highly populous states would steamroll smaller states, causing tremendous political tension and long-term could trigger a war.
- dundarious 6y agoThe President can do far more than veto Goliath from steamrolling David. Flipping an unfair power balance, is still an unfair power balance.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoWhen considering political systems, fairness doesn't matter if it causes an unstable system. Think of it kind of like an organism. Only those that can survive can evolve and pass on their genes. That isn't to say that fairness is a bad goal, because it's a good goal. But the system needs to remain stable.
- dundarious 6y agoReplace “fair” with whatever word you would use to describe your steamrolling example, then.