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[–] -3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ever heard of EU veto/unanimity rules? Look what Hungary did.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    That's not forcing rules on France now is it?

    Let me expand on that: unanimity is required for stuff like EU foreign policy and some other sensitive areas, but many things require a qualified majority, not unanimity.

    The US goes about it very differently, they wildly misrepresent the Senate, and this spills into other areas like the electoral college or judge appointments, subverting the whole thing.

    What the "fixed map with less Frances" aims to show is exactly this, that the US gives small states disproportionate power over everyone, since a minority of the population can control the Senate and, through it, federal legislation and judicial appointments, let alone the presidency.

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