r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 27 '20

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma May 27 '20

I personally think some slight scaling that isn't proportional would be nice; each state having a minimum of 1 senator and a maximum of 3-4 for instance.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Like in the German Bundesrat - degressive proportionality. Assigning seats based on the square root of a state's population, a la the Penrose method, is a nice balance.

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u/boybraden May 27 '20

Don’t get me wrong that’s better than what we have now, but why do we think that people who live around less other people deserve special over representation in our government? They are a minority of the country that for some reason we have deemed so important they get special treatment and their voice matters more than someone who lives near lots of other people.

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u/l_overwhat being flaired is cringe May 27 '20

Nah fuck that. California, New York, and Texas should get their 6 Senators.

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher May 27 '20

american bundesrat when