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Mysterian

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7. The electoral college and apportionment of senators favors the rural states

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 11:08 AM

Aug 2025

Giving an inordinate amount of power to rural states. These are the greatest fundamental flaws in our system of government. Two senators for 40 million people in California. Two senators for 591,000 people in Wyoming. Nobody can call this fair.

So, the fascist propaganda targets the rural voters. It worked.

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It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe -- there's no one else to blame [View all] marmar Aug 2025 OP

How about the "Rigged Election Theory?" gab13by13 Aug 2025 #1

Meh. That one obscures the actual problem. RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #3

You can't fix stupid. From the article: Mysterian Aug 2025 #2

Maybe we should start a campaign with mailers and ads saying... chowder66 Aug 2025 #8

Time to look at the issues with our UN-democratic "democracy" design RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #4

"It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority." Lord Acton Ping Tung Aug 2025 #5

... Solly Mack Aug 2025 #6

The electoral college and apportionment of senators favors the rural states Mysterian Aug 2025 #7