n5667: "and the state represents the wishes and desires of the entire populace."

I'm not even going to try and make a political point here, but people should really think before they write dumb-ass stuff like this. It is not possible for any state to represent the wishes of an entire populace. And if you mean the majority of the populace, this still doesn't make sense. Even if all of the states' actions were voted on (which is ridiculous and obviously not the case), a large portion of the population would undoubtedly still not vote, and their "desires" would not be represented. Your whole approach is nonsensical. I mean, most people I know, even those who vote, don't feel like anything resembling their desires could ever be represented by some politician. Saying everyone consented to whatever-in-the-fuck is happening in a state is just a cheap justification for whatever that may be.