You make a valid point. I was using the picture to show the size overall. Places like NY and Cali are where the most aggressive capitalists are; these are the people taking advantage of everyone. They are the people that feed off the system.
California, Texas, New York, and Florida are basically the major population of the US. Those white and light pink areas hold as much power as the most densely populated areas. At a glance you can see that 7 states so 14/100 votes are practically... for a handful of people.
And look at it this way, where you see the dark red areas; that's the capitalistic hubs.
Top left corner, that's Seattle in Washington state. That's where Valve is (Steam) whom announced 1.7 billion in sales in September. There's plenty of people living in those areas that go against the overall welfare of the general public, by voting and by bribing. The rich fucks were really salty about the new additional tax they have to pay.
So what I'm trying to say is these people that are making 250k, 500k, multi millions, billions are going to fight against any change.
The only thing that's left is to hurt them where it hurts most, finance. That's why I wrote about the railway strike. Honestly, after reading what the work is like, they should have quit; but then they would likely face a gun to their head and get told to go back to work.
We're dealing with a new era of bourgeoisie that have armed guards and bunkers and politicians in their pockets. Seems like they learned from historical events.