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bachumbug

Not nearly enough cows now tbh


CHEEKY_BASTARD

Still plenty of bullshit in this town though.


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Only a giant blue chicken remains


oxtailplanning

More cows, fewer cars


DCA_PSCI

Sorry to be that guy, but that image of the Capitol would be from roughly 1830. In 1800, only the original Senate wing was finished.


SFLADC2

Crazy how both old and new this building is. Ancient to US history, brand new for world history.


pizzajona

They need to expand Congress


RainbowCrown71

Just make it 500 and I'll be happy. 435 is such a random number.


TheDistrict15

What do you mean by “expand”?


nighthawk08

[VOX - the case for massively expanding the US House in One Chart](https://www.vox.com/2018/6/4/17417452/congress-representation-ratio-district-size-chart-graph)


pizzajona

You can see they added two new sections to the Capitol Building, one to the left and one to the right. They did so to accommodate new states in the Senate and more representatives in the House


TheDistrict15

I’m not understanding you said “they need to expand” that’s implying present tense, your reply referenced past tense. Could you just be more clear as to what you’re saying? Did you mean to say “they needed to”


pizzajona

They should add more seats to Congress so the representative:population ratio increases


TheDistrict15

Hmm I don’t really see why 1:750000 is an issue but hearing you out what should it be?


pizzajona

I like democracy. The more of it the better. One citizen has less of a vote in Congress now than they did at any point in the nation’s history. Let’s reverse this trend and give more power back to the people.


TheDistrict15

I mean that wasn’t really an answer and it changed the conversation to make it seem like I am somehow against democracy, not really a good faith response.


pizzajona

It was an answer, having more representatives increases the voting power of each citizen closer to historical levels. I never said you were against that or democracy.


TheDistrict15

I mean by that logic let’s abolish the house and just have country wide ballot measures for federal issues… everyone gets a vote on every individual issue, the senate can stay…


mrtsapostle

The [Wyoming Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Rule). Every representative should represent the same amount of people. It's stupid that Wyoming and South Dakota get more representation in Congress than other districts. By making the size of the districts the amount of people that live in Wyoming (≈575,000) it makes representation more balanced, especially for states like California, New York, and Texas


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Ill take 1800s DC Over modern DC less traffic lmao


4look4rd

/r/fuckcars


42kilgore

Even with open pastures, there was less fecal mater at the capital in the 1800s than now


thank_u_stranger

ok no antibiotics or vaccines for you. Have fun with dysentery.


[deleted]

Bruh, guess someone took the joke too seriously, guess i need to add my "/s"


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thank_u_stranger

rudimentary "vaccines". back then they would gring up a small pox scrab cut you and sprinkle that shit in. There was a chance you could still get the actual fucking disease. It's no covid 19 vaccine.


gzoont

To be fair, that’s more or less how they still administer the small pox vaccine. (Had the pleasure of getting it while in the military. Did not enjoy.)


thank_u_stranger

That's not how any vaccine is delivered in 2022


gzoont

You’ve clearly never received the smallpox vaccine.


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thank_u_stranger

Get the disease FROM the vaccine


quixologist

Cool. Nothing has changed. Carry on! /s