Disingenuous. That's 21 states and 42 senators.
Now do representatives, which was originally supposed to match population distribution.
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Alaska and Hawaii.
Not sure why Hawaii is included in this meme. Hawaii has only had 1 Republican senator since it became a state in 1959.
Alaska and Hawaii what?
From context I assume you mean they have a different number of senators? One? None?
You counted 21, but that didn't include Alaska and Hawaii. That's how OP got 23 states / 46 senators.
Derp. I didn't actually count them, I just divided 46 by two and got... 21 :-/
TYVM.
Don't blame the founding fathers that all these hippies moved to California /s
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Land doesn't vote, but groups do. The Constitution was written to accommodate both points, the Senate so each state has an equal vote, which is fair in respect to the fact that the Constitution is and agreement between states, and Congress where states with more people get more votes, because that is a legitimate perspective as well. It's not perfect to start with, and it's been modified poorly over time (representation hasn't been kept proportional in Congress), but it is fair to say that each state having an equal vote is one valid point of view, and the founders realized that it wasn't the only valid point of view.
Don't attribute the 'states rights' phrase to me as though I'm on the wrong side of the civil war or something. The country can't be entirely directed by states regardless of population, but the states can't be directed by other states based solely on population either.