Politics
Senate Lost State Representation Power in 1913 Through Ignored 17th Amendment
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"If you remember, during that time period, state legislatures weren't happy with a lot of mandates and things happening, but the Senate is voted for by popular vote. So the states actually lose their voice and it all becomes basically no longer a republic but just straight democracy. And that was one of the really important key things to our system that changed after the 17th Amendment."
The discussion reveals how the 17th Amendment in 1913 fundamentally altered American government by removing states' representation through Senate selection by state legislatures, replacing it with popular vote. This change, combined with the Federal Reserve Act and income tax that same year, shifted the U.S. from a republic toward pure democracy, concentrating power in high-population centers like California and New York.
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