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The US system isnt perfect, but arguments against the current allocation of Senators is effectively arguing that the Senate should be abolished (which would tak
by ac29 6y ago
The US system isnt perfect, but arguments against the current allocation of Senators is effectively arguing that the Senate should be abolished (which would take a constitutional amendment). I think small states suddenly finding themselves largely powerless would consider secession if that were the case.
- danans 6y ago> I think small states suddenly finding themselves largely powerless would consider secession if that were the case. I have little doubt they would, and in doing so start a war. After all, it's happened before, and many people are plainly agitating for it now. It's the "my enhanced privilege or your destruction, choose one" argument, which is a clear demonstration of one way the system codifies structural inequality and is transparently anti democratic. In a similar way, corporate lobbying distorts democratic representation, and by all appearances, they overlap quite a bit, differentiated only by the industry sector and which Senator they support.
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