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You’re specifying your opinion (which is reasonable), but that’s orthogonal to the rights of the people that live in that state and vote according to the rights
by systemvoltage 4y ago
You’re specifying your opinion (which is reasonable), but that’s orthogonal to the rights of the people that live in that state and vote according to the rights they wish to exercise.
If state A wants to ban abortion based on what their constituency wants, isn’t that exactly how democracy works?
- colinmhayes 4y agoIf country A wants to ban banning abortion based on what their constituency wants, isn't that exactly how democracy works? Why should local vs federal constituency matter more?
- blindmute 4y agoBecause the country was explicitly founded in a way that local matters more. If you want abortions, go to an abortion state. Is it so intolerable that Mississippians as a whole want different things than you and your state residents do?
- colinmhayes 4y agoThen wanting to do things differently is fine of course. The problem I have is that Mississippi receives $7,000 more from the federal government than they pay per capita every year. Bringing unwanted children into the state will make that worse. Why should they get to collect my tax dollars and then make decisions that cause the rest of the country harm?
- blindmute 4y agoIf we only want profitable people represented, we can skip the extra steps and just have a voting fee, or even just a landowning requirement! Then the poors won't be able to screw up the country at all