The most powerful argument for DC statehood isn't about DC at all. It's to save the Senate. It's right now theoretically possible for a bill passed by senators representing 290 million to be thwarted by senators representing 37 million people. 1/2
The lopsidedness of the Senate looks likely to grow much worse between now and 2040, by which time less than one-third of the US population will control 70 seats in the Senate. This cannot endure, and won't. Timely reforms can avert future radical disruptions.
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These issues - not the South Saskatchewan brainwave, but all the others - are discussed in Trumpocalypse.
