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82 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 12 Aug \ on: Should Kids Under 18 be Allowed to Vote? A Short Conversation with My Son Politics_And_Law
Anyone under 25 or over 65's vote should count for half.
Other ideas that to me would solve some problems. The might create others but I think you can make a case for them.
- Only property owners (land) get a vote
- Those employed by the government do not get a vote or their vote is less weighted. No more government employees voting for their jobs to be preserved or more privileged.
- State senators are not be popularly elected but rather appointed by the state they represent. Note, the people are not the state. That's a lie. I'm referring to state governments.
- No one receiving government assistance be that a business or individual can vote. So that would include farm subsides, welfare, and social security beneficiaries.
This list would get me canceled if I were a politician or some sort of talking head on TV. I don't think these changes would fix things but the reasons for and against them tell you much about how the system really works and why many of the problems exist. Why politicians do the things they do. Why they make the promises they make and lie the way they lie.
It also shows why there is so much resentment between different classes of people. It shows the hypocrisy in both parties when it comes to government redistribution. The government picking winners and losers.
I also like the idea of any politician voting for war (they don't do this anymore but they should) would be required to enlist in the war or someone from their family in their stead.
I actually do not have a problem with voting per se. I have a problem with the scope of what people are voting on. For example I have no problem with a business partnership deciding something by voting. All the owners have a stake and this works fine. I have no issue with voting in any voluntary association. The state is far from voluntary and far to broad in its scope of power and control.
We need governance but it should be focused and narrow. If we weren't all conditioned to accept the way things are as correct it would be much easier for people to see this on their own.
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