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[–] 98 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This is why I never supported felons losing their right to vote. If they've served their nickel, give them the vote back. Otherwise, if they get a job and put 30% of their paycheck to paying taxes, then they're being taxed without representation.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Well you can also argue that due to the silly two party system no one (in the usa) is really represented. Hell its been forever since I can even remember ether party doing some representation (well maybe the Alaska rep selling out the rest of the nation for a bit of money? Maybe alaskens are dicks).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hank Green has a good video about that. I thought I understood gerrymandering before, but I didn't fully appreciate all the implications until I watched that.

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    I agree, but it's lesser to me than the means of disenfranchisement. If felons can't vote and using cannabis is a felony then the deck is actively stacked against changing that law. And it gets darker when things like sodomy are felonies and with laws like tough on crime laws or prison reform. Felons are the people most severely impacted by the law

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