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Donald Trump Stuns With 'Maybe We Shouldn't Even Be There' Admission About Iran War (www.huffpost.com)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world [S] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That's not even the worst...

Our House of representatives is supposed to make up for it, but each rep represents over 20x the people they did when the country was founded.

The reason we lost so much representation, is the room they occasionally meet in would be too cramped if they kept adding chairs to it.

But just in general, it's almost always best to blame political leaders for a government's actions and not just blame every person living there.

Good and bad.

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the cap on House seats was a deliberate move to restrict the power of cities/progressive forces of the time, it wasnt some accident/short-sightedness

make it more expensive to campaign (because you have to reach so many more people) and you effectively force out independent canidates

even if House seats were increased to something sane like 150-200k pop/seat (currently at 800k+, iirc), the senate effectively gives 2/3rds of national political power to 1/3rd of the country. there is no means for the House to completely bypass the Senate

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[–] itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago

What if those reps had a big, beautiful former ballroom to occupy? That would be pretty cool, someone should get on that.

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[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 1 point 7 months ago

But just in general, it’s almost always best to blame political leaders for a government’s actions and not just blame every person living there.

Good and bad.

Agreed, frustration gets to me, considering I come from the Middle East I tend to have very conflicting emotions, having grown up in England I appreciate law and order, equality and an attitude of live and let live. But when my friends and family are in direct danger, my anger rages.

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