These "United states" were supposed to be federalist with the states as prime movers, united under a small and weak federal government limited, by design, to its specifically enumerated powers.
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
The original words said "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.".
The role of the Senate was to protect the states, their governments, and their prerogatives from the federal government.
Imagine a weak DC and strong states and localities each determining their own domains instead of the unchecked and unbalanced calamity of the post-17th Amendment "Democracy."
Imagine the power such a system would devolve to people empowered who vote with their feet and the discipline it would place upon the states to serve these people and to prove value for money.
The state must serve the people, not the people the state, and it will never do so unless the people have the right to say "No."
https://brownstone.org/articles/repeal-the-17th-amendment-yesterday/
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