06-03-2021, 06:35 AM
(06-02-2021, 08:16 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Agreed. However, not allowing foreign residents or illegal aliens to vote is also limiting democracy. Not allowing people in prison to vote is limiting, or "damaging", democracy. I realize you're essentially acknowledging these types of differences in your post, but they should be spelled out for those less inclined to subtlety. Whether the proposed legislation was egregious in ways that the above are not is, I suppose, up for debate.
Oh yeah, I get you here. I'm a big Robert Dahl guy when it comes to how we view democracy. If any adult is excluded from voting in the society, then it limits democracy. Personally, I would expand voting rights, but that isn't the popular opinion.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
