06-03-2021, 09:56 AM
(06-03-2021, 08:51 AM)Dill Wrote: What about non-citizens (e.g. foreign residents, undocumented immigrants)? Dahl doesn't include them, right?
Seems the problem here is more that already enfranchised citizens would be disenfranchised by Texas' "election integrity" laws.
I don't know if Dahl specifically covered it, but in the literature surrounding polyarchies, there have been many arguments that preventing non-citizen resident from voting is still a limit to democracy as those individuals are subjected to the laws and are taxed by the government. Because of this, their lack of voice in the government is a reduction in the democratic principles.
And yes, I am aware of the situation in Texas.
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"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
