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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (11 children)

and I get none

Only if you're not an American or live in DC

(population 780k) gets two. The 4.7M people in Harris County get none. That is a poor design

Again the people in Harris county get 2 senators as their state senators represent them. And, again, senators do not represent based on population as that is the job of the house

Senators are far more powerful than representatives

Entirely irrelevant as they represent different things. Your representatives represent a portion of your population while your senators represent your state as a whole. The entire point of separating the state and population representation is to allow more perspectives when legislating: the house gives a perspective from closer to the people, the senate from a broader view

Again, it seems you fundamentally don't understand the split between house and Senate, why it exists and what it does to our governing system

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (8 children)

It’s obvious why the Senate exists historically, and it’s also obvious that it’s inherently undemocratic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

it’s inherently undemocratic

It's exhausting trying to discuss shit online with people with such a terrible understanding of the topic at hand

Senators are voted for and represent their entire state. They're the representatives of the state's general populace in a representative democracy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

No shit it's exhausting. I agree with you, but you keep calling anyone who disagrees with you dumb.

They clearly understand and disagree. The part where you said land votes is an oversimplification was the last good comment in your chain.

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