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MAGAnUSA 7 points ago +7 / -0

Careful. We dont put qualifiers on rights. Well, we shouldn't anyhow. We dont want to have to pass a test to exercise our 2nd amendment rights. Registering to vote is the test. A lot of people dont pass that one

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WishdoctorsSong 4 points ago +4 / -0

The flip side is with rights comes responsibilities, like contributing to society. If you can vote for bread and circuses and 51% of the population decides that's the way to go, your country will never recover.

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thewashambro 1 point ago +1 / -0

51% of the population decides that's the way to go,

That's why we have electoral college. Especially since the states used to be way less intertwined.

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WishdoctorsSong 2 points ago +2 / -0

Then when 51% of the electoral states have a majority that wants to vote to confiscate the other 49%s wealth. The electoral college does not save us from the tipping point into democratic socialism.