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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by comte7092 on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:48PM (#34837873)
The original founders didn’t design the current iteration of senate and house rules. You didn’t need 60 votes in the senate to pass anything in 1795.

But in a way you’re right. “The founders” created a government that protected aristocratic interests explicitly. Most states had property requirements to vote when the constitution was ratified, and even higher property requirements to hold office. So you can definitely say that they would have been fine with a system that allowed moneyed interests to block legislation they didn’t like.

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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by andromeduck on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:49PM (#34838698)
Yeah one of the ways 17th amendment really broke things was the Senate went from an elitist organization representing the intrests of states and statesman like the UN in order to balance the ills of populist House but now it's got all the populist ills of the House but non of the bennifits of geographic or population representation.
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