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People should stop obsessing about every single major and minor outrage which comes down the pike and FOCUS on the single most pernicious and widespread outrage of them all: the tyranny of the fanatical Minorities, made possible by the corruption, undermining, and systematic dismantling of our right, our DUTY, to VOTE.
The Majority's opinions on issues are well-known, and chances are excellent you agree with most of them. But in most cases your views don't matter. The Minority rules.
So, we should stop all the complaining and unite for this one central Cause. We should work to:

  1. Establish a National Voting Day, and make that day a Federal Holiday. (It should not be on a cold, blustery day in November, but a pleasantly warm day in May or June, by the way.)
  2. Make voting a MANDATORY law, with meaningful penalties for noncompliance. Something akin to a DUI, say, or some other serious misdemeanor.
  3. Polling places must be plentiful and conveniently located, based on population (one booth per 100 citizens, for example, within walking distance of most people).
    An alternative would be Internet Voting; the technology exists and has for years.
    THIS is the single most critically important Issue of all.
    If we had people on all levels of government who truly reflected the views, attitudes, and values of the Majority, our country, and the world would be a vastly different place.
    IF we were represented by people who reflected what the Majority believes, our
    health care, taxes, environment, financial institutions, corporations, moral values, would be unrecognizably. I know this, YOU know this, so let's stop being distracted by the trees and see the forest.
    WAKE UP!
Storm1752 8 Dec 16
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What you are saying about representation, states v. federal, is beside the POINT if the entire government is being overrun by fascist, ie, corporate oligarchs. First people MUST vote! The fascists are narrowing the vote to a non-representative few.

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It is NOT a good thing most people don't vote. "Most people" have liberal, progressive beliefs, probably because "most people" are victimized by a government used by rich people to keep poor people poor. True, lots of poor people vote against their own best interests because they are brainwashed into believing lies. But the majority of poor and middle-class people have progressive ideas.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Winston Churchill

It is probably a good thing that many people don't vote. I suggest instituting a $10 poll tax for voting, and then have the government send every voter $10, and let them decide how to spend it.

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Can you FORCE someone to exercise a right? Sure. Why not? But it's also a duty and a responsibility. Furthermore, it would force the government to make it easier to vote, not harder.
Besides, we force people to do all kinds of things: register with selective service, get driver's licenses and insurance, drive on the correct side of the road, etc., etc.

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I think you're missing the big picture. A state with 600,000 people, Wyoming, shouldn't have the same number of Senators as a state with 39 million people, California.

lerlo Level 8 Dec 16, 2018

@Veteran229 I understand the theory however in practice it doesn't work

@Veteran229 No, the idea of having equal voices for 600,000 people and 39 million people started the system off wrong. Doesnt matter who elects them.

@Veteran229 if you think 600,00 people should have an equal voice with 39 million people, we have different ideas of democracy. If you actually go back and read the history, the purpose was to avoid the federal government from taking over states.

@Veteran229 Yep, we disagree

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