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Originally Posted by butterfly
Why did it make sense at the founding and it's nonsense now?
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well, it started in 1789 for one... with 11 states that were similarly sized at the time... even then this was a compromise(the vote was 6-5), allowing smaller states to have an equal say, in order for the union to even be formed.
I'll say it again; the fact that California, the world's fourth biggest economy, has the same number of senators and Wyoming or North Dakota or Vermont doesn't make a lot of sense, both in terms of actual financial output nor representational democracy.