[YankeeinOkieville]

If the States choose the senators, then the people chosen to be senator will probably look out for the interests of the State.

The natural follow up question is, how did so many states vote to ratify this amendment and voluntarily give up their balanced check to the populace?

[ronnietherocket3]

The natural follow up question is, how did so many states vote to ratify this amendment and voluntarily give up their balanced check to the populace?>

Because the State Governments are elected by the people of the States.

There were a couple of problems related to the election of senators prior to the 17th amendment. Corruption was one of them. Another issue was deadlock in picking a senator to represent the state. Sometimes a state would go a couple of years before picking a senator. The third issue is that a large quantity of state legislative races became dominated by the question of who would the candidate vote for for US Senate.

The first issue is a problem generic to governments. The second one could probably be fixed fairly easily. The third issue is a serious challenge to repeal. I think repeal would require a provision stating that nomination and votes for US Senator must be done in secret. All nominations will be done by dropping a name in a hat and the ballot must be secret. It may also need to be made a felony for a state legislator to discuss publicly who they plan to vote for or voted for.

[Jacquerie]

They fell to the same progressive snake-oil that most Americans buy today.

Who can be against democracy? /s.