given how little one vote matter, it seems to me that stripping felons of their right to vote is both petty and counterproductive if the point was to reform them into civic minded individuals ?
given how little one vote matter, it seems to me that stripping felons of their right to vote is both petty and counterproductive if the point was to reform them into civic minded individuals ?
Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?
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Giving hoe little one vote matters…
Stop using this dumb mindset. Also there is more than 1 felon.
"one vote matters little" makes my blood boil, and I hope for it to never change as I get older.
It doesn't matter though. We vote for the least bad option every 4-5 years and call that "democracy".
I don't know what you are talking about. I am assuming you are talking about the USA.
Why would both be considered bad, but one least bad than the other? Having only two major parties makes for little choices, but why you think its never a good choice?
From what I can grasp from here in Europe, the current president Biden is not bad at all.
I live in Europe, even with more parties it's still a matter of "least bad" usually - like here in Sweden I find it really hard to find a party that is anti-religion, anti-monarchy and pro-science and education but also not lenient on violent gang crime and open borders. I also disagree greatly with the current unfair rent control system and the high income taxes (with no property, land or inheritance taxes), but there is literally no party that covers even just those 3-4 issues in the same way (and there are like 5 or 6 viable parties!).
I think the bigger issue with Biden is that there's just no change at all - no attempt to solve the biggest day-to-day issues of heatlhcare, housing and education. And from the point of view of Europe, Biden's Inflation Reduction Act has been terrible, directly subsidising industry to move to the US, right when Europe is struggling with the Russian gas crisis and the pipelines were bombed, etc.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act has been terrible, directly subsidising industry to move to the US, right when Europe is struggling
but, isn't that good for Americans? And isn't Biden the President of America?
I hate it when people say that I'm "throwing my vote away by voting for a 3rd party". If everyone voted for the person they actually liked, rather than the person who's likely to beat the other large party, maybe we'd see some better choices.