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		xcrunner529 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyatt Hotels are using algorithmic Rest “smoking d... Did it? Has the house of rep proportion changed?

int_19h 47 days ago [–]

It went from ~35k people per representative back in 1790 to ~750k today, so yes, we have diluted the representation of a single person by about 20x.

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