• lime!@feddit.nu
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    7 hours ago

    also, with 3k MPs, that’s one for every… half a million people.

    that would give most countries a government small enough to fit in a classroom.

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      11 minutes ago

      It isn’t a big concern as none of them represent any constituents in any meaningful way. Their job is to smile, wave, and clap. And wear an ethnic costume if you’re a designated token minority. Each member of the National People’s Congress represents zero citizens.

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        7 minutes ago

        of course it doesn’t really matter in that particular case. i was more thinking about how it would work in a country with an actually functioning government.