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"Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertar
by yolesaber 10y ago
"Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron."
Wow. That is...troubling
- gohrt 10y agoWhy? Welfare beneficiaries and women lean socialist, and vote socialist. They believe that's good. Thiel believes that's bad.
- yolesaber 10y agoTens of million of women just voted for a conservative billionaire populist.
- t1m 10y agoTens of millions of people are going out to the street and are not going to let these little goons take over America.
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- confounded 10y agoAnd that tension is called a democracy.
- walshemj 10y agoNot in the UK women tend to vote tory more than the male population did.
- Chris2048 10y agoIf Thiel explicitly said "hence, women shouldn't vote" it would be bad. As it stands, he didn't.