In my view it's plainly an attempt to scratch an itch to validate our disappointment with the lack of empathy we see in GOP politics; but instead of expressing that, the author stokes hate and "other-ness" and encourages people to interpret words people say as evidence for their visions of extreme separatist versions of the future... which further breads more lack of empathy in others, and the spiral continues.
Fear mongering and visions of separatism exist on both sides of the party lines.
Restricting voting isn't a moral evil lol. We can and should haggle about the voting age, but it's probably wise that we don't allow 2 year olds to vote.
Also the Bill of rights is basically just a list of shit that we're not allowed to vote on anymore (Yes, I know that amendments can be repealed, but it's quite cumbersome).
Idk, just this over-glorification of democracy is odd to me. Honest question, when did small r republicanism go so out of style?
Restricting voting in this case is clearly meant as restricting voting of (legally aged) demographics that tend to skew Democrat. There's a reason Republican politicians are more likely to oppose mail-in voting even though it's a logical thing to implement in every state. We're not talking about letting dogs vote.
If we want this to be a more representative republic, we should make voting as easy as possible for everyone. So yes, it's restricting voting in this manner is pretty evil.
If a group of organized children have a big influence on a vote, maybe that's a good thing...
A simple way to allow children to vote while avoiding parental coercion (the only reasonably arguable downside) is to require them to complete the ballot without the assistance of a parent/guardian.
To be fair, Democrats gerrymander just as much. I’m not saying it’s okay. But I don’t think spouting partisan talking points makes for interesting or constructive conversation on HN.
I was trying to say this isn’t the thread or the forum for this discussion IMO. If you really want to discuss, please email me: henriquez@protonmail.com
The biggest gerrymander is the electoral college, perpetrated by the low population states, which happen to be Republican at the moment.
The Republican Party is the one constantly being got with explicit voter suppression project planning documents and winning elections and seats in inverse proportion to their share of votes.
Which policies are instituted decide with a large effect who and how much are killed by the virus. Deciding the implementations of those policies, is in fact politics.
In my view it's plainly an attempt to scratch an itch to validate our disappointment with the lack of empathy we see in GOP politics; but instead of expressing that, the author stokes hate and "other-ness" and encourages people to interpret words people say as evidence for their visions of extreme separatist versions of the future... which further breads more lack of empathy in others, and the spiral continues.
Fear mongering and visions of separatism exist on both sides of the party lines.