How To Identify The Despotic Minority - 13

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I. Background

This Dredd Blog series has been pointing out the history of nationalism, militarism, and the tyranny of a despotic minority that has brought down over twenty civilizations down through time.

The information comes from Encyclopedia Britannica and historian Arnold Toynbee (How To Identify The Despotic Minority, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12).

One factor that has been focused on is "tyranny" which is another word for "cruelty."

As it turns out, perhaps one of the least expected sources of cruelty being revealed is a "religious" source not at all associated with terrorism (Atlantic, RawStory).

In today's post I want to point out that the American government as set up by the U.S. Constitution is not fail safe, because it has some serious undemocratic aspects to it that at this point in our nation's history is unlikely to be remedied.

II. A Predicament

According the the last census of 2010, the 22 "Red States" that are home to a lot of current right wing religion and politics, as shown by the table below, make up only 31.42% of the population of the 50 states.

Yet they are given two senators each, totaling 44% of the U.S. Senate:

Red States	Population Rank	Population Census 2010	Population Percent	Senate Percent
Wyoming	50	0.563626 mil	0.17	2
Alaska	48	0.710231 mil	0.39	4
North Dakota	47	0.672591 mil	0.62	6
South Dakota	46	0.81418 mil	0.89	8
Montana	43	0.989415 mil	1.21%	10%
Idaho	39	1.56758 mil	1.74	12
West Virginia	38	1.85299 mil	2.29	14
Nebraska	37	1.82634 mil	2.87	16
Kansas	35	2.85312 mil	3.75	18
Mississippi	34	2.9673 mil	4.65%	20%
Arkansas	33	2.91592 mil	5.56	22
Utah	30	2.76389 mil	6.52	24
Oklahoma	28	3.75135 mil	7.71	26
Kentucky	26	4.33937 mil	9.06	28
Louisiana	25	4.53337 mil	10.47%	30%
Alabama	24	4.77974 mil	11.95	32
South Carolina	23	4.62536 mil	13.49	34
Missouri	18	5.98893 mil	15.34	36
Tennessee	16	6.3461 mil	17.39	38
Arizona	14	6.39202 mil	19.56%	40%
Georgia	8	9.68765 mil	22.74	42
Texas	2	25.1456 mil	31.42%	44%
Total		96.0866 mil

III. Another Predicament

Now, let's look at the whole population, all states, and the entire population so as to see that a remedy is not within our grasp at this time.

The table below (per 2010 Census) shows that 1.08% of the population elects 10% of the senate, 2.82% of the population elects 20% of the senate, 5.54% of the population elects 30% of the senate, 10.1% of the population elects 40% of the senate, 15.95% of the population elects 50% of the senate, 23.8% of the population elects 60% of the senate, and 33.31% of the population elects 70% of the senate (and so forth):

State (R=Red State)	Population Rank	Population Census 2010	Population Percent	Senate Percent
Wyoming (R)	50	0.563626 mil	0.17	2
Vermont	49	0.625741 mil	0.36	4
Alaska (R)	48	0.710231 mil	0.58	6
North Dakota (R)	47	0.672591 mil	0.81	8
South Dakota (R)	46	0.81418 mil	1.08%	10%
Delaware	45	0.897934 mil	1.37	12
Rhode Island	44	1.05257 mil	1.69	14
Montana (R)	43	0.989415 mil	2.01	16
Maine	42	1.32836 mil	2.41	18
New Hampshire	41	1.31647 mil	2.82%	20%
Hawaii	40	1.3603 mil	3.25	22
Idaho (R)	39	1.56758 mil	3.78	24
West Virginia (R)	38	1.85299 mil	4.33	26
Nebraska (R)	37	1.82634 mil	4.91	28
New Mexico	36	2.05918 mil	5.54%	30%
Kansas (R)	35	2.85312 mil	6.42	32
Mississippi (R)	34	2.9673 mil	7.32	34
Arkansas (R)	33	2.91592 mil	8.23	36
Nevada	32	2.70055 mil	9.15	38
Iowa	31	3.04636 mil	10.1%	40%
Utah (R)	30	2.76389 mil	11.06	42
Connecticut	29	3.5741 mil	12.14	44
Oklahoma (R)	28	3.75135 mil	13.33	46
Oregon	27	3.83107 mil	14.6	48
Kentucky (R)	26	4.33937 mil	15.95%	50%
Louisiana (R)	25	4.53337 mil	17.36	52
Alabama (R)	24	4.77974 mil	18.84	54
South Carolina (R)	23	4.62536 mil	20.38	56
Minnesota	22	5.30392 mil	22.08	58
Colorado	21	5.0292 mil	23.8%	60%
Wisconsin	20	5.68699 mil	25.56	62
Maryland	19	5.77355 mil	27.39	64
Missouri (R)	18	5.98893 mil	29.24	66
Indiana	17	6.4838 mil	31.26	68
Tennessee (R)	16	6.3461 mil	33.31%	70%
Massachusetts	15	6.54763 mil	35.4	72
Arizona (R)	14	6.39202 mil	37.57	74
Washington	13	6.72454 mil	39.85	76
Virginia	12	8.00102 mil	42.43	78
New Jersey	11	8.79189 mil	45.12%	80%
Michigan	10	9.88364 mil	48.14	82
North Carolina	9	9.53548 mil	51.28	84
Georgia (R)	8	9.68765 mil	54.46	86
Ohio	7	11.5365 mil	57.99	88
Illinois	6	12.8306 mil	61.84%	90%
Pennsylvania	5	12.7024 mil	65.71	92
New York	4	19.3781 mil	71.62	94
Florida	3	18.8013 mil	78.06	96
Texas (R)	2	25.1456 mil	86.74	98
California	1	37.2545 mil	98.7%	100%
USA		308.144 mil

IV. Population Estimates For 2018

The table below (population estimates for 2018) shows that 1.09766% of the population elects 10% of the senate, 2.86874% of the population elects 20% of the senate, 5.62715% of the population elects 30% of the senate, 10.2532% of the population elects 40% of the senate, 16.176% of the population elects 50% of the senate, 24.1214% of the population elects 60% of the senate, and 33.7532% of the population elects 70% of the senate (and so forth):

State	Population Rank	Population 2018 Est.	Percent of Population	Percent of Senate
Wyoming	50	0.577737 mil	0.176968%	2%
Vermont	49	0.626299 mil	0.368811%	4%
Alaska	48	0.737438 mil	0.594697%	6%
North Dakota	47	0.760077 mil	0.827517%	8%
South Dakota	46	0.882235 mil	1.09776%	10%
Delaware	45	0.967171 mil	1.39401%	12%
Rhode Island	44	1.05732 mil	1.71788%	14%
Montana	43	1.06231 mil	2.04328%	16%
Maine	42	1.3384 mil	2.45324%	18%
New Hampshire	41	1.35646 mil	2.86874%	20%
Hawaii	40	1.42049 mil	3.30386%	22%
Idaho	39	1.75421 mil	3.84119%	24%
West Virginia	38	1.80583 mil	4.39434%	26%
Nebraska	37	1.92927 mil	4.98529%	28%
New Mexico	36	2.09543 mil	5.62715%	30%
Kansas	35	2.91151 mil	6.51898%	32%
Mississippi	34	2.98653 mil	7.43379%	34%
Arkansas	33	3.01383 mil	8.35695%	36%
Nevada	32	3.03439 mil	9.28642%	38%
Iowa	31	3.15614 mil	10.2532%	40%
Utah	30	3.16111 mil	11.2215%	42%
Connecticut	29	3.57267 mil	12.3158%	44%
Oklahoma	28	3.94308 mil	13.5236%	46%
Oregon	27	4.19071 mil	14.8073%	48%
Kentucky	26	4.4684 mil	16.176%	50%
Louisiana	25	4.65998 mil	17.6034%	52%
Alabama	24	4.88787 mil	19.1006%	54%
South Carolina	23	5.08413 mil	20.658%	56%
Minnesota	22	5.61118 mil	22.3767%	58%
Colorado	21	5.69556 mil	24.1214%	60%
Wisconsin	20	5.81357 mil	25.9021%	62%
Maryland	19	6.04272 mil	27.7531%	64%
Missouri	18	6.12645 mil	29.6297%	66%
Indiana	17	6.69188 mil	31.6795%	68%
Tennessee	16	6.77001 mil	33.7532%	70%
Massachusetts	15	6.90215 mil	35.8674%	72%
Arizona	14	7.17165 mil	38.0642%	74%
Washington	13	7.53559 mil	40.3724%	76%
Virginia	12	8.51769 mil	42.9815%	78%
New Jersey	11	8.90852 mil	45.7103%	80%
Michigan	10	9.99592 mil	48.7721%	82%
North Carolina	9	10.3836 mil	51.9527%	84%
Georgia	8	10.5195 mil	55.175%	86%
Ohio	7	11.6894 mil	58.7556%	88%
Illinois	6	12.7411 mil	62.6583%	90%
Pennsylvania	5	12.8071 mil	66.5813%	92%
New York	4	19.5422 mil	72.5673%	94%
Florida	3	21.2993 mil	79.0915%	96%
Texas	2	28.7018 mil	87.8832%	98%
California	1	39.557 mil	100%	100%
USA		326,465,000

Of course that assumes that every one of those members of the population votes (see how optimistic I am sometimes).

The point I am making is that this is not the definition of a democracy in the pure, functional sense: "government by the people; especially : rule of the majority" (Dictionary).

The population in a state with 500,000 people gets the same number of senators as a state with ~40,000,000 people.

This means that the low population states can more easily control the senate, and thus the cabinets and the courts (Here Come De Conservative Judges, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

And as goes the Supremes, so goes the nation ("the constitution says what the Supreme Court says it says" - paraphrase, see Harvard Law Review).

The Senate decides who can go on the Supreme Court, and who cannot.

See the problem?!

V. Closing Comments

The tyranny of the despotic minority is here, and the odds are that it is here to stay?

The next post in this series is here, the previous post in this series is here.

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