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JT45242

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4. Or...a way to ensure only white property owning men of wealth were senators

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:38 AM

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It was literally like the house of lords, except very indirectly elected.

It is the only not gerrymandered vote for federal legislature or the president available.(The Dakota territory with virtually no people was split into two states to give 3 extra electoral college votes to the party of racism and hatred. )

The apartheid rule plans are so blatant that I feel like we are all living in the novel, cry the beloved country.

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