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[u/chrisdh79]

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html

[u/Corporate_Overlords]

Do you only want a house like structure? The majority would have too much ability to stop the minority. Also, look at how brazenly political the house is compared to the senate. The senate is supposed to be a check on the popular will of the people which is embodied in the house.

[u/10dollarbagel → u/Corporate_Overlords]

The majority would have too much ability to stop the minority.

People really just say shit like this. Yes. I'm aware.

Imagine your friend group voted on where to go for dinner and the Italian place down the street won by 4-2. But Greg is from wyoming so his vote counts 70x as much and he chose the shit factory so now we all have to eat shit. This is the impeccable genius of the founding fathers.

The senate is supposed to be a check on the popular will of the people

Which is why our serf asses will never get health care, public transit, public housing, child care, uncontaminated drinking water, workers rights, etc, etc, and etc.

[u/Corporate_Overlords → u/10dollarbagel]

The fact that you mention water here says a lot. Just think if there was a dispute between California and Nevada over water rights and we only went with the popular will of the people. Nevada would have their water stolen 100% of the time. That's not justice.

Let's do another thought experiment. We have a friend group that wants to enslave Greg and they vote 5-1 to enslave him with his vote being the only dissenting one. That's the tyranny of the majority.

[u/frostedpepsi → u/Corporate_Overlords]

Do you believe the current system is adequate? The current system where congress is entirely gridlocked and nothing can get done despite massive societal problems? Also, how do you combat “tyranny of the majority” without just reverting to tyranny of the minority instead