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Originally Posted by mapuc
Don't know if it have been mentioned before.
A friends friend told me that an American who's unemployed and homeless does not have the right to vote in an election or referendum.
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Which is reasonable. Nobody should have any option to vote for forcing others to generate him an income.
No representation without contribution, to lend a bit from the famous slogan of the Boston Tea Party (
no taxation without representation).
I think prison inmatess cannot vote in the US, or some US states, too, but I am not certain. If true, I would agree with that as well.
None of the two points mean that I stopped arguing against elections and "democracy" in general. I'm just a little pedantic on those two points.