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Universal suffrage is a very bad idea.
That isnt a condemnation of either sex, just an acceptance of what is. No one expects a cat to act like a dog, or vice-versa. To think that genes dont affect what a brain does is just ignoring biology
Women can understand logic and individual rights as well as men. Also, men, being physically stronger, are more likely to lose their tempers and come to blows in some cases, rather than to reason things out.
I don't like either Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren. (Isn't she the one who claimed to be black on the score of having a minuscule percentage of the ancestry through DNA?) But that doesn't mean the suffrage should be restricted.
Your reference to Ayn Rand is a good one. I often think of women as being more nurturing than men and more likely to vote "yes" for the great socialist welfare state, but then I think of Rand. Then I think of men like Marx or Bernie Sanders, so there you have it.
-Z-Nation
That would abolish a large part of government that now exists, including public, government-financed and government-operated education (except maybe for technical training in the military, and police academies), and leave citizens to do things on their own. And then you wouldn't have people getting in a gang and voting away their neighbors' rights every time they got a whim (such as not liking the paint job on a neighbor's house, etc).
Somehow I think it should be more of a republic where the constitution is SET, and the government only operates within those specific bounds. Election would be to promote efficiency of operation, not the passing of new laws.
Pocahontas is just a cheater, using her made up heritage to gain advantage at Harvard and with the minority’s . Her evil anti capitalism pales in comparison to The evil witch’s murderous ways.
Warren is just lookin for another feather in her head so she can muster up enough indian heritage to be called pokerherhontas legitimately...
Warren is scary should she win. She would have a great deal of support, and she is a true believer in the collectivist plan. She is seen as an up and comer rather than a has been which with the libs is all important.
I remember that Warren event because like my wife she's an attorney who taught law and who had a solo practice focused on estate planning and real estate. We ended up just networking with people in our industries and never talked to Warren. We were kind of down when we left because Warren's story is so much like my wife's, but Warren's up there selling socialism to an audience making business contacts, i.e. generating the taxes that make those promises possible. People who send a third or more of what they make donate their money to be spent riling up people who mostly pay no income taxes about how they'll spend our taxes.
I went to a more recent fundraiser for Harris. I thought she was a better speaker. She's like I imagine Reagan or Bill Clinton, would have been to meet in person. They remember names, seem interested and interesting, just great politicians. That's great for Harris, but I don't care.
I'm pretty disillusioned. I used to be thrilled if I lobbied them successfully on some minor issue, but it just doesn't move the needle enough to be worthwhile. I believe there's a deeper structural problem of the very definition of the role of gov't, and no one's even mentioning it.
Granted, Hillary seems older, though. I just am not sure that one is irrelevant based on age, and the other isn't. (Wish they both were.)
Otherwise, I agree with your comment WRT deeper structural problem.
Wow, I didn't know that. Clinton really seems older to me.