Natebishop3
Don't tread on me!
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We clearly disagree about that. The federal government should work for all people in the country equally, not for the states.
The senate / congress division is what keeps the "states rights" on the legislation front.
Of course not, it should come to people. But, right now, it comes down to the states, not the people. That's wrong, imho.
The electoral collage punishes people based on their location - it's just a different sort of discrimination, plain and simple.
The Federal government would not exist if not for the states. The only reason why we have a unified government is because the states agree to it. That all goes away if the system breaks down.
This is a Democratic Republic. It was designed that way to keep the states together on the same page. Population is converted into representatives. More populated states get more representatives. Trump won because he got more representatives. That's how our entire government works. We are not marginalizing people. We are giving a fair voice to the less populated states because to go strictly off of population would be to tell the less populated states that their opinion does not matter. Their beliefs do not matter. Their problems and their needs do not matter in the grand scheme of things.
The electoral college got our first black president elected. Why was it working back then?