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I was talking U.S., not individual states. I used our specific bicameral legislature to show that there are different ways of organization, each with good arguments, and by having both, all efforts are made to have equal representation. This way a state like Wyoming has an equal say in at least...

Well, if a well spoken, smart guy such as yourself says so, then I guess it's the rest of us that are all wrong.

You don't suppose that smaller states like Rhode Island and Delaware might have been concerned about being overruled by larger states? How would you convince a state to join your country without offering them a seat at the table? The reason we have a bicameral legislature is so the interests of...

There's a reason we're a republic, not a democracy. It's by design that change takes place slower than it would with a true democracy. It also the same reason we have a bicameral legislature and the electoral college.

This should be simple. If jokes are going to **** off half your potential audience rethink them unless you also tell jokes ****ing off the other half. People will tolerate some offense if they don't see it as malicious bias. Of course, we've gotten to the point now where people threaten to...