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If you don't vote, you forfeit your vote. So yes, over half of the country voted for him, only those who are active enough citizens to get off of the couch coun
by ecshafer 10mo ago
If you don't vote, you forfeit your vote. So yes, over half of the country voted for him, only those who are active enough citizens to get off of the couch count. 34% Trump, 35% FORFEIT, 31% Harris, we don't care about the forfeits. Democracy is about the active citizens.
- irishcoffee 10mo ago> Democracy is about the active citizens. You really believe that? If you don’t vote you’re not an active citizen? I have no words.
- ecshafer 10mo agoYes. The active passive citizen distinction is an important aspect of representative democracy. This was foundational per the federalist papers and the enlightenment at large. Kant enunerates the active vs passive distinction in “Doctrine of Right” and “Theory and Practice”. The US has many issues largely stemming from moving away from active citizen distinctions. If I were to have it my way we would raise the requirement and burden of both voting and office to eliminate the passive citizens from having as much say, and the leaches in office.
- Rexxar 10mo agoA citizen that don't vote for the most important election is clearly not very active.
- irishcoffee 10mo agoMy cousin was in a coma for 3 months over the election. They didn’t vote. Should we just deport them now? Was a stupid fucking take.
- Rexxar 10mo agoIs there a particular meaning to 'active/inactive' that I don't know that justifies your out-of-proportion outrage? What is the problem with observing that 35% of Americans just don't care enough about this subject to go vote ?
- irishcoffee 10mo agoMath. “Half the country voted for X” isn’t accurate math. People just excuse away hard, hard logical facts and it makes me pretty fucking mad.
- beAbU 10mo agoWhat a stupid fucking strawman. Was ~35% of the US population in a coma when the elections happened? We are talking here about people who chose not to vote. Strictly, yes your cousin is a passive citizen. But no sane human will call them out on that because obviously they had bo other choice.
- fleeting900 10mo agoI consider it not forfeiture of your vote but delegation of your vote to the voting electorate, and implicit endorsement of their choice. Which makes it a lot more than half the country.
- irishcoffee 10mo agoHave you voted in every primary and general election since you were eligible? I have, for example, and I'm old. I don't judge people for not following my lead. I suppose you do.
- fleeting900 10mo agoVoting is compulsory in my country, so yes I have. I only judge abstainers inasmuch as I judge anyone who directly votes for an outcome I don’t like. No more, no less.