Globally, Broad Support for Representative and Direct Democracy

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(10-17-2017, 08:00 PM)hollodero Wrote: I happen to not agree with that point at all. You cannot just tell a certain american citizen that his vote should count, albeit slightly, less because (s)he's part of a "highly populated echo chamber."
States rights are a completely different cup of tea. Federal overreach has nothing to do inherently with how the votes are counted though.

But it's true, and it's a founding principle that mob/herd mentality won't trample minority rights.  It is very strongly based on population, but offers some balance and protection for the minority.  The Senate is there to check the populous rule of the House, and offer some protection/preservation of the independence of states.

All votes are indeed equal, it's just a fundamental misunderstanding of how we're voting and what it represents. Each voter counts equally with every other voter in their State. And that's where the individual weight of your vote stops, because States matter.

This isn't a "right" or "wrong" debate, this is a federalist vs. anti-federalist argument that the founding fathers themselves struggled with.  I would suggest the country is too big and too diverse to continue giving more power to the Feds.