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What a victim mentality here. Freedom requires constant vigilance. When you collectively fall asleep for three generations and allow the asshole class to subv
by spaceprophet 11y ago
What a victim mentality here.
Freedom requires constant vigilance.
When you collectively fall asleep for three generations and allow the asshole class to subvert the rule of law, you deserve whatever you get.
- e40 11y agoWhen you collectively fall asleep for three generations and allow the asshole class to subvert the rule of law, you deserve whatever you get. And let's be straightforward about the form of that sleep: political apathy which led the non-asshole class to stop voting. Apathy allowed the assholes to walk in and take the place in broad daylight. And when apathy didn't work, they worked to weaken the very process of voting. The Voting Rights Act was the last visible sign of this, but the last two presidential elections were rife with voter suppression.
- spaceprophet 11y agoI disagree. Assume a law was passed in 2012 that made it mandatory for every citizen to vote. Would it have produced an outcome that didn't involve Obama or Romney? In 2016, will it produce an outcome that doesn't involve Clinton, Sanders, or Trump? And in any case, we are worse off. Democracy is a tool, not a solution. The solution lies in philosophy, in morality. An immoral society elects immoral leaders because it cannot collectively discriminate between right and wrong. There's no easy way out of this, but if there's any way, it doesn't involve passing more laws.
- davidmr 11y agoHow does the Voting Rights Act work to weaken the process of voting?
- e40 11y agoI meant the repeal of it.