The late Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson predicted all of this with his commentary on the USSC ruling of Reynolds vs Sims. The prediction was more in the context of what it would do to Illinois then other states but the principle would be the same. He said this ruling would allow the urban centers with their large populations to dominate and make subservient the more rural sections of the state. He specifically pointed out that this would allow Chicago to completely dominate the state and render the other counties\sections economic slaves to the excesses of the city. That prediction has more then played out to be true in Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, California, etc.
This is part and parcel of the continued effort from the Wlison Administration, accelerated by the FDR regime to now, to imbalance the republic-democracy arrangement of the Founding Fathers. End goal is to remove the “republic” nature of our government from our government. Create the “mob-ocracy” our Founders feared. Ask supposedly educated people about the definitions of “republic “ and “democracy “. The answers you get will get is various combinations of hilarity, sadness & frightfullness.
Interesting you mention that, prior to World War II, Democracy was defined as “Rule by the masses. Attitude toward property communistic. Results in license, anarchy, discontent. Mobocracy”.
After World War II, the popular definition was changed to this vague, anodyne, freedom sounding boilerplate. The official line on AFRTS public service slots was that only Democracy could keep a country free of despotism or dictators, it wouldn’t be possible for totalitarianism, the people wouldn’t never allow it.
Some of the old broadcasts haven’t aged very well at all.