The idea that states have rights that people don't is the dumbest thing about our countryhttps://twitter.com/tenaciousbats/status/800423494584516610 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Hey smart guys the only reason California is one state instead of two or three states is the games they were playing w free vs slave states
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Hey states' rights activists explain to me the deep cultural and historical reason we needed two Dakotas instead of just one
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(Again, there isn't one, it was just part of the dealmaking to try to keep the two parties equalized in the Senate)
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It gets infuriating when you realize states have been created w a specific eye to "maintaining the balance of the Senate"
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I.e. the process of adding new states has explicitly been distorted to prevent political change
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See discussions now abt how we can't make DC the 51st state unless we "balance" it by giving the Republicans an East Wyoming or whatever
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