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[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The Senate isn’t intended to be a representative body

Both the house and senate vote to pass bills. The disproportionate population increases have led to less representation of citizens in more populated states.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

But the original states didn't have balanced populations, the founders knew that, but they still set it to be two senators per state. The house is scaled by population.

[-] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They did that for as part of a negotiation though. The less populous states refused to join the union without something like the Senate.

To me it's an outdated concept because states are much less independent now than they were back then. And we have a national identity that didn't exist during the revolution.

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