11-18-2022, 09:38 AM
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Location: Western NY
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Originally Posted by mostpost
Instead, residents of large states are effectively disenfranchised. In case you have forgotten, nations are sovereign entities. The UN can suggest, it can cajole, it can wish, but it can enforce no laws or edicts. The states, on the other hand, are subject to the Federal Government as enumerated in the Constitution. For example, we currently have no national law on abortion. if, hopefully when, Congress passes a law codifying the right to an abortion, no state will be able to pass any laws prohibiting abortion.
Both the Senate and the House are Representative Democracies. The only difference is in what they Represent.
As I said before, the creation of National Political parties has changed the game completely. Policy is no longer debated among 50 states, but among two national political parties
ETA: Neither Wolves nor Sheep can vote on anything, but who's to say there weren't more sheep at that meeting.
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You dodged my question, have a poor understanding of states' rights and obviously do not understand what a metaphor is.
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