The same problem exists with the EU parliament. Citizens of small nations like Luxembourg have far more influence than an equal number of germans.
The US is made up of individual states. It was not intended to be a strong centralized nation. The constitution was made with the intent to limit the power of the central government. The constitution and indivdual rights first, then the states, then Washington. Some european nations like France have a very strong central government, others like Germany are much more federal. The US is a more extreme case of a federal system.
Some people blame the US system for not being truly democratic but it never was intended to be primarily about demoracy. To quote the US Embassy "While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic" I would also like to point to the book "A republic, if we can keep it" by supreme court judge Neal Gorsuch.
Election based democracy is crumbling. I hope that there will be some non-dictatorial alternative ready when it fails. So far most people are addicted to the tribal surrogate of parties, politicians and the illusion of choice provided by elections. They won't even dare to consider the alternatives.
Last edited by ArmouredHedgehog; 08/11/20 03:55 PM.
