Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:Why should smaller states be protected exactly? Why should the will of the people be based on geography? In today’s world, when pretty much everyone can pack up and move where they want? Where you live is much more of a choice now. And what about the “protections” of the millions of others disenfranchised people?
Because that was the deal, i.e. Constitution, when they joined and fought to preserve he Union - and the oil, gas, chemicals, minerals, crops and multitude of other resources and cultural diversity they contribute deserve a meaningful voice.