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> 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.
by irishcoffee 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo agoA citizen that don't vote for the most important election is clearly not very active.
- irishcoffee 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo 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.