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0 pointsnathanaldensr3y ago0 comments

The Constitution does not represent the People's will; it represents the States' will. Amendments are not passed by popular vote. The Constitution is not a human rights document; it is a document created specifically to allow the States to agree on certain baseline rights and expectations.

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joshuamorton3y ago

Yes, this is a bug, not a feature. A government that privileges certain arbitrary subdivisions over the citizenry is not great, and there's a reason that while many parts of the US constitution have been copied, that one hasn't.

jakeogh3y ago

Boundaries, states in this case, but it's a general principal, are exactly what give the people within them self-determination.

joshuamorton3y ago

Only if those boundaries are individually self-governing!

And they are not, since California and New York cannot outlaw handguns due to the influence of Wyoming and Idaho.

And as soon as you say "well the voters in Wyoming and Idaho deserve...", you've dropped any pretense of the internal boundaries mattering, because we're now just talking about federal representation, where those citizens have disproportionately large representation.

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jakeogh3y ago

Boundaries, states in this case, but it's a general principal, are exactly what give the people within them self-determination.

joshuamorton3y ago

Only if those boundaries are individually self-governing!

And they are not, since California and New York cannot outlaw handguns due to the influence of Wyoming and Idaho.

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