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Baerwald (view)

Yeah, that's an aspect of growing population that people often don't consider, but if you think back to, say, 1900, there were about 75 million Americans. Now, about 300 million, or about 4 times the 1900 number. But we still have the same number of representatives in Washington. So, right off the bat, we're looking at 75% less representation per person in this country than there was 107 years ago. Now add to that issue the fact that the vast bulk of the growth has been urban, that is to say much more population growth in our cities than in the rural communities, but we gain no representation, really, and we see a fundamental unfairness in the way we're represented in Washington, and we can see the results in the general rise in doofus politics.
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