California has more residents than the 19 least-populated states, not including DC. CA has 2 US senators, the 19 lowest-populated states have 38.
Until the 17th Amendment passed in 1913, voters couldn't even choose their own senators.
So I'm just wondering, like, what sort of "democracy" did the framers actually want? 🤔
@esaeger The framers were rightly afraid of the uneducated.
@EnochianEntropy - They were definitely afraid of common working people in general, whom they referred to as "the people out of doors" and "the many headed hydra." It inspired them to build a system that went a bit overboard in putting in protections for the elites' minority interests. Sinema and Manchin denied the will of the overwhelming majority by voting against a sane minimum wage increase and fighting climate change.