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by 627467 591 days ago
Think of the extra weight given as Affirmative Action. It isn't hard to get it. It is as socially progressive as any type of affirmative action. Plus, these tend to be remote underconnected areas: why should they be ruled by mobs from far away places who have nothing to do with their way of life? Why stay in an union if your way or life is overruled by others?
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> Why stay in an union if your way or life is overruled by others?

I understand why the electoral college is hard to change, but I don't know why high population states would want to be overruled by others.

Why would US vote at UN general assembly be worth the same as China or India at 3 times it's population?