After a particularly disappointing night of election results for Republicans, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) lamented “pure democracies,” where major decisions are left up to voters …
In the right wing talking sphere they’re talking a lot about how it should be one vote per household. Normalizing business and home owning men being the only voters.
“Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as one man, one vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the vote.”
Terry Pratchett, Mort
Or from Unseen Academicals:
“Everyone is entitled to a vote unless disqualified by reason of not being the Patrician”
It’s the net effect they care about. Property owning head of household men being the only voters would basically turn this country into the white nationalist Christian sharia ‘utopia’ these people dream of.
In the right wing talking sphere they’re talking a lot about how it should be one vote per household. Normalizing business and home owning men being the only voters.
These people hate America.
“Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as one man, one vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the vote.”
Terry Pratchett, Mort
Or from Unseen Academicals:
“Everyone is entitled to a vote unless disqualified by reason of not being the Patrician”
I’m literally reading Unseen Academicals right now and that line sure did stike a chord.
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It’s the net effect they care about. Property owning head of household men being the only voters would basically turn this country into the white nationalist Christian sharia ‘utopia’ these people dream of.