Is a democracy legitimate if votes don't weigh the same?

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38. of course it's "constitutional"

But is it morally legitimate from a democratic perspective? No more than an amendment process that allows states with a mere 40% of the US population to ratify an amendment and states with less than 4% to block any amendment. Or the EC which can impose someone rejected by the People on the nation.

Our system was designed giving elites a veto over the People. It was hoped that these enlightened elites would guide the nation wisely should the rabble choose poorly. It seems the Framers never considered the possibility that these elites would not represent high philosophical values but instead corporate interests.

Bernie... and I love the guy, never seems to make the connection that much he complains about isn't just the doing of the 1%... but the fact that the structure of our government makes it easy to be hijacked by the 1%.