I'd be fine with just reducing their influence substantially. Each county gets an equal vote or something, so rural counties have just as much influence as urban ones.
I say, cities over X (and we can argue about X) population should become their own "states." The founders could not have foreseen the massive urbanization that occurred after the industrial revolution.
That would give the cities the ability to do whatever the hell they want without f**cking over the suburban/rural areas of the state, and the rural counties can have real representation in congress again.
We'd all still be paying through federal aid to support theses failing "urban" areas. Huge welfare states of minorities and illegals with corrupt governments funneling money out of working class states. NO THANKS.
Because the county with 10 feeds the city with a million, as an example. Now which is more important? The massive population, or the massive farmland with low population that allows the massive population to exist in the first place? (I’d say they’re equally important. The founding fathers would too, which is one reason why we’re a republic and not a democracy.)
Honest question: why not? It’s a similar philosophy to the question of, what is more important: the worker bees or the tycoon who hires and pays them?
IMO, neither can exist without the other; the cities can’t exist without the farmers, the cities make the equipment that allow the farmers to be more productive. It’s symbiotic, neither is more important than the other.
I'd be fine with just reducing their influence substantially. Each county gets an equal vote or something, so rural counties have just as much influence as urban ones.
I say, cities over X (and we can argue about X) population should become their own "states." The founders could not have foreseen the massive urbanization that occurred after the industrial revolution.
That would give the cities the ability to do whatever the hell they want without f**cking over the suburban/rural areas of the state, and the rural counties can have real representation in congress again.
We'd all still be paying through federal aid to support theses failing "urban" areas. Huge welfare states of minorities and illegals with corrupt governments funneling money out of working class states. NO THANKS.
Exactly, an ‘electoral college’ within the States by county.
But there’s much more people in the city, why should a county with like 10 people carry the same weight as a city with a million
Because the county with 10 feeds the city with a million, as an example. Now which is more important? The massive population, or the massive farmland with low population that allows the massive population to exist in the first place? (I’d say they’re equally important. The founding fathers would too, which is one reason why we’re a republic and not a democracy.)
Yeah, very fair point. Idk though, I feel like they shouldn’t be the exact same though...
Honest question: why not? It’s a similar philosophy to the question of, what is more important: the worker bees or the tycoon who hires and pays them?
IMO, neither can exist without the other; the cities can’t exist without the farmers, the cities make the equipment that allow the farmers to be more productive. It’s symbiotic, neither is more important than the other.
The "why" should be quite obvious at this point. To limit the damage democracy can do.