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by mike50 744 days ago
In the real world there are other effects besides local votes. In the US limiting the amount of representatives in the legislature was resulted in 1 legislator for more and more people in civilization. If I represent hundreds of thousands of people how do I get a consensus from those people? The people when polled nationally agree on abortion or gun control poll for action by a decent percentage but congress has not acted. Also the legislature does more then pass new laws they vote on military appointments, sign treaties, determine judges, create budgets and more.