> No, the point of the United States is to unite the states into a manageable single government. It is not to provide a direct action democracy to the people.
Right, obviously this was the point at the time of the Constitution's creation, and it made sense at that time because people thought of themselves more as citizens of their states than of their country. But that's no longer true, and hasn't been for a long time.
> This means that smaller states get a boost in power vis a vis larger ones but that larger states still matter more. This is not a bad thing.
Again, let me show you how absurd this is:
"This means that religious minorities get a boost in power vis a vis larger ones but that larger religions still matter more. This is not a bad thing."
"This means that racial minorities get a boos in power vis a vis white people but that white people still matter more. This is not a bad thing."
Why is it a good thing for geographic minorities to get extra voting power, but not minorities for other dimensions?
> States provide the basic block upon which Government in the US rests. It is in our interests to provide states with more equal power at a national level than population would dictate.
1. The Senate still does that anyway.
2. Why is that advantageous in this particular context?
> If you pass a constitutional amendment to adjust voting laws you can enable exactly whatever you like though, for any of your more hyperbolic suggestions you would need to override many of the existing protections as well but if you wanted to be an asshole along with the rest of america there is no reason we could not do so using our existing legal framework.
You don't even need a constitutional amendment actually, the interstate compact is sufficient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Intersta...
Of course it's unlikely Republicans will back this since the current setup works to their advantage.
> The argument is not about rural versus urban but about the relative power of small versus large states.
Yes, but in practice states with larger populations tend to be more urbanized and states with small populations tend to be more rural.
