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brufleth t1_j2slzsq wrote

Reply to comment by Fit-Anything8352 in Healey should give rural Massachusetts a seat at the table - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion

> that was actually motivation for the electoral college

You're leaving out the part where it was intentionally to give disproportionate power to places with fewer (white land owning) people. It was a shitty system to preserve shitty systems.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_j2smd4w wrote

Or in other words "make the (variable size) voting population of each state have approximately equal representation in congress" which is exactly what I said. Because the United States is a union of states, not a giant singular unit of government.

The US isn't and was never intended to be a true democracy like Switzerland.

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brufleth t1_j2sqllc wrote

This state would be foolish to hold that up as a model to follow.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_j2sqtho wrote

Also didn't read the article? They aren't even asking for more congressional representation.

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brufleth t1_j2suc7f wrote

They're asking for a special representative in the state government be created.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_j2supjp wrote

They're asking for a single officer in the governor's office, something that has been done in numerous other states. A single officer.

Not representation in congress.

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