re: #12 Blind Frog Belly White

That’s actually one of my big worries - if the prediction comes true that 70% of Americans will elect 30% of the Senate, and the EC similarly continues its GOP-ward, antidemocratic skew, the overly-empowered Right will not make any accommodation, but rather will feel emboldened to rule America as a minority. At that point, I’m concerned that the “just consent” of the governed will be lost, and I don’t foresee a peaceful resolution.

We are about there now. About 68% of the population elect 32% of the Senators. Of course, not all small states are Republican and not all large states are Democratic. But we are definitely in a situation where the minority has an outsized presence in our politics. The EC exacerbates this problem. There is a traditional complaint about the dangers of tyranny of the majority; we are subject now to the tyranny of the minority — and that is on all issues: for example guns and women’s right to choose.