Post AkuAutVjgPerWbGPZI by aslakr@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AkuAR5GbPVVHIVyEPg by mattwilcox@mstdn.social
2024-08-12T19:36:15Z
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Do Americans realise how absolutely insane the very concept of “purging a voter registration list” is? You have to *register to vote*? What are you even talking about?Are you a citizen? Then you should automatically get a vote. There isn’t anything to administer. You live there. The government serves you; not you it. Voting isn’t supposed to be a privilege, or reward.The obvious abuse vector that any system other than “all citizens vote” becomes is astounding.
(DIR) Post #AkuAR7rBmRxRKZ6Tia by mattwilcox@mstdn.social
2024-08-12T19:40:30Z
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“Well what about XyZ?”Did I stutter? *all* citizens. You all pay taxes, you all live together, choices made by gov effect all of you. So you all get a say. Automatically. Nothing should make any persons voice not count. Yes that includes criminals. ALL get a vote.For a self proclaimed world leading democracy, so many of the systems in play seem very far removed from that bold claim and much more “keep the current rich white guys in power” encoded in the system as a whole.
(DIR) Post #AkuARAadcRV7o6Nnpw by mattwilcox@mstdn.social
2024-08-12T21:45:35Z
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It appears that a lot of Americans do. That is a relief - let’s hope the system can be changed.(And similar but different changes need making in the UK - first past the post is a system easily manipulated to result in a two party system with no real differences… hence the shit show of the UK now)
(DIR) Post #AkuAutVjgPerWbGPZI by aslakr@mastodon.social
2024-08-12T20:10:04Z
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@mattwilcox also, people who have been or are in prison are citizens and should be able to vote
(DIR) Post #AkuAuxtdNV9R7sTYNE by nabeards@hachyderm.io
2024-08-12T20:10:25Z
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@mattwilcox if I could one million x boost this, I would
(DIR) Post #AkuAuyTnD44gw1OQjY by zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net
2024-08-12T20:17:33Z
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@mattwilcox American here. 👋I could not agree with this statement more.
(DIR) Post #AkuAv2jBPmlK6ucmHI by SooJin@twit.social
2024-08-12T20:30:32Z
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@mattwilcox Yes, many of us Americans realize how insane this is and do our best to fight it the only way we can, at the ballot box. Unfortunately, “only rich white guys” was encoded into the original constitution and has required fighting for every inch towards equity ever since.Newer democracies have the benefit of learning from the original decision from the 18th century.Edited: And this American doesn’t appreciate your tone implying we’re all idiots.
(DIR) Post #AkuAv3BXiLRnWrtQTw by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-08-12T20:37:33Z
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@mattwilcox In other democratic countries (I hear), it's the responsibility of government to get citizens on the voter rolls. In the U.S., it's considered the responsibility of the citizen to register.The American system makes no sense until it's seen as a vestige of the #JimCrow era, in which white supremacists were looking for ways to prevent formerly enslaved people from voting. Thus the default is "You can't vote."#VoterRegistration
(DIR) Post #AkuAv5ONVau2NFuhlY by hey@social.nowicki.io
2024-08-12T20:59:46Z
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@mattwilcox this exact thing if still count as cultural oddity of a country that doesn’t want any central citizens register. What makes my eyes wide is that they don’t have campaign subventions and let people and even corporations donate fortunes for political campaigns. That is a big red flag based on what I learned in my whole school education.
(DIR) Post #AkuBabXasxhTxE1PUW by human3500@ottawa.place
2024-08-12T22:43:20Z
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@mattwilcox Is the US elections were in any other western country, they'd want to be there monitoring them