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> The Senate is working exactly as intended. Not really. The Senate was meant to represent the interests of the state and state governments as an institution r
by andromeduck 3y ago
> The Senate is working exactly as intended.
Not really. The Senate was meant to represent the interests of the state and state governments as an institution rather than the people of the state but the 17th amendment subverted that under the guise of poblic choice the people because state legislatures wanted to shirk that responsibility. The net result is that we've lost much of the Senate's value as being an elitist/anti-populist/institutional check on populism, and the vagaries of electoral politics in general, without anything to replace it.
- User23 3y agoThat was the intent of the 17th amendment. The 17th is just as much a part of the constitution as Article I. Once again, we might agree or disagree, but it is working as intended.
- andromeduck 3y agoNot really - the people who enacted the 17th amendment didn't understand why the constitution was the way it is and a result left us at the mercy of populists like donald trump and prodigous spendsers like the last few administrations.