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This is a bad thing how? Serious question. The US would be a much happier and healthier place if it were more like the EU.

The US is quite a bit like the EU.

The average German has less say in EU politics than the average Luxembourger.

Similarly, the average Californian has less say in US politics than the average Wyomingite.

Where states are leaving or threatening to leave, and where the bureaucracies seem completely unconnected with the voters? I think not.