Re:India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create offici...
by ac29 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:18PM
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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 take a constitutional amendment). I think small states suddenly finding themselves largely powerless would consider secession if that were the case.
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Re:India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create offici...
by danans on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:46PM
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> 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.