• redthebaron [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/1307576395841798144

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Somehow the replies are worse than the original tweet.

      • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        "Minimum age of 25, own land, serve in the military in some capacity for a minimum of 2 years as well as be able to pass a basic I.Q. test, a civics test, and a test to see if you understand economics. That's what I feel should be the prerequisite to be allowed to vote."

        • https://twitter.com/OmnusTaino/status/1307578720790642688?s=20

        It's like an even more ridiculous version of the over the top, Starship Trooper's "citizenship" shit lol

        • redthebaron [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          "and a test to see if you understand economics." SO NOT A SINGLE PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE LIKE NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN KNOWS HOW THE FUCK THE ECONOMY WORK IT IS JUST TECHONCRATIC MAGIC

          • nasa_acid [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Making sure they understand economics, but it just shows socialism is better in every way by accident.

          • BeamBrain [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            "understand economics" = "agree blindly with the neoliberal consensus"

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Also my fave was this: https://twitter.com/Realgeron/status/1307725147625984000

          I disagree. It should be if you:

          • are married
          • have children
          • served in the military or
          • volunteer in your community.

          I'm saying this as a liberal progressive who has done none of those things, but respects the intuitions that those people bring.

          Owning land is patrician.

          Wow, yeah, good thing he's around to give us a progressive perspective. Then he tops it off by saying:

          Marriage, kids, military or community work are available to everyone.

          Real brain genius hours.

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          REAL democracy is when only the people I deem worthy can vote.

          Who am I kidding, this is the rEpUbLiC nOt DeMoCrAcY crowd, they get hard whenever civil liberties are restricted.

      • PeterTheAverage [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I felt like I was reading a parody thread, but these people are serious. What the fuck.