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minus-squareMaple Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·4 months agoLand doesn’t vote. People vote.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·4 months agoWhy does the Senate exist then?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 months agoI’m not sure what you’re asking. The Senate isn’t based on land. Texas gets just as many votes in the Senate as Rohde Island.
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoState governments, which represent the people, vote.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWhy does land determine who tells me what to do then?
minus-squareMaple Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBecause the US electoral system is fundamentally broken?
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWhat? It’s a worldwide thing, not just the US
minus-squareMaple Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYes, to some extent it happens everywhere but the US has reduced the phenominon to its grotesque final form.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoNo, it happens to the same extent in basically anywhere that’s populated and can afford to enforce it
Land doesn’t vote. People vote.
**Land SHOULDN’T vote.
Abolish the senate.
Why does the Senate exist then?
I’m not sure what you’re asking. The Senate isn’t based on land. Texas gets just as many votes in the Senate as Rohde Island.
State governments, which represent the people, vote.
Why does land determine who tells me what to do then?
Because the US electoral system is fundamentally broken?
What? It’s a worldwide thing, not just the US
Yes, to some extent it happens everywhere but the US has reduced the phenominon to its grotesque final form.
No, it happens to the same extent in basically anywhere that’s populated and can afford to enforce it
Ya…ok…