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A unrelated item from the department of bad ideas that might be good ideas: (Horns on) Maybe voter ID laws aren't such a bad idea. Getting an ID and presentin
by Tao3300 4y ago
A unrelated item from the department of bad ideas that might be good ideas:
(Horns on)
Maybe voter ID laws aren't such a bad idea. Getting an ID and presenting it is like a "bare minimum" litmus test for whether or not you can comprehend and navigate government bureaucracy. If you can't comprehend and navigate the simplest form of it, how could you be qualified to make decisions on it?
(Horns off)
An unfortunate side effect of both these is that they keep one group in and everyone else locked out.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoUnfortunate side effects turn into strategic opportunities which turn into repressive regimes rather organically.
- lmm 4y ago> If you can't comprehend and navigate the simplest form of it, how could you be qualified to make decisions on it? Surely it's the reverse? People who are poorly served by existing government bureaucracy are those who most need to have input into the running of that bureaucracy.