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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is a democracy legitimate if votes don't weigh the same? [View all]
Is a democracy morally legitimate if votes don't weigh the same? By weight I simply mean how votes get translated into representation. For example, imagine one group of 1000 citizen vote and get one seat in a legislature yet another group of 1000 votes and gets 3 seats. Would any laws passed by those 3 legislators be morally legitimate?
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I'm with you. The Senate is an abomination. Does America look like Chicago, represented by 2
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Apr 2016
#44
There is no solution to that, because there is no other way a government could work.
potone
Mar 2016
#10
If the constitution were 'reformproof' we wouldn't be up to #28 for the next one.
X_Digger
Apr 2016
#55
I remember Al Gore having more votes than Bush. Should the Electoral College be done away
B Calm
Apr 2016
#18
One group of 1,000 voters gets counted as 1,000 votes, another group of 1,000 counts as 900 ....
L. Coyote
Apr 2016
#27
The US is a rigged manipulated democracy and the highest bidder wins. And some of it is obsolete,
RKP5637
Apr 2016
#51
You mean like how the vote of someone in wymoing is way more proportionally powerful in the Senate
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#57
If I wasn't capable of "questioning" it, I wouldn't have mentioned it.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#65
it is important to remember, absolutely. And I'm all for pointing it out.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#67
There is a logistical process to changing the constitution, though, that goes beyond simply changing
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#69