How can we have democracy when half the population holds 20% of the Senate?

[DanTex]

138. I think each person should have equal representation. Pretty simple.

The problem with giving some people more power than others is that everyone can come up with some justification for why they should be the Chosen Few. The only fair way to do it is equal representation.

And honestly, even if we had to pick certain people and give them more power than others, I hardly think that the people in Wyoming are the most vulnerable and most in need of special representation. State divisions are fairly arbitrary, and we're much more of a single nation than in 1800. Like I said, it might have made sense back then, but in modern America, giving people in Wyoming 20X as much say as people in Staten Island over things like whether we go to war or whether we have universal healthcare is just silly.

Obviously, the people who benefit from the current system are going to find a way to argue that it's a good idea. This is nothing new. People with privileges insist that those privileges are justified.