[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

I come from the same family as Abraham Lincoln, which landed in Hingham MA in the 1630s, but not a direct relative, as there are none remaining, and I trace my origins back to Lincolnshire, England.

What people forget in their American history class is the UNITED STATES part, a collection of states rights, and that the Constitution was written in a very different time and place, with very different attitudes, but with great intentions for being the best government for the people of the times.

Keeping the union of 50 states with states rights is a huge balancing act, and is getting harder to manage the bigger we grow, and the in the age of worldwide social media, has other governments wanting to subvert through psy-ops. . . .

That is the nature of the human existence, especially in european and western cultures. Similar issues in the Euro, which is a collection of european country rights to try to compete with the US and others collectively.

Humans having some herding instincts find that having a common enemy helps survival and organization for a leader. . . in behavioral psychology, its competitive human organizational games versus cooperative human organizational games.

I would change the 2 Senators per state rule - to somewhat MORE proportional to population! Also, the Jim Crow aspects of the initial erecting of the statues, sort of, tells the tale of the reason for so doing!