keccers
@keccers.eth
I have this one friend who I talk to on the phone a lot. I was telling them about how another friend of mine told me I shouldn't be able to vote (because I'm childless) In reply he asked me why I wanted to vote so bad anyways. "Why do you need to be enfranchised this way?" I didn't really have a good answer, certainly not to him. To me voting feels like it makes you a part of society. And to be deprived of that is the state's way of telling you that you don't count. But maybe it doesn't matter, that you don't matter to them.
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@bias
I’ll say this, if they’re gonna take away anyone’s right to vote, they better remove any and all taxes they expect to extract from said person. No taxation without representation.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
this also introduces a parallel line of thinking: children are not allowed to vote, so why are taxes _reduced_ for having them?
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@bias
🤯 it’s high time to increase taxes on the people who have children
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tyler ↑?
@trh
I might misunderstand, but that seems the opposite. If children aren’t allowed to vote (be represented), they shouldn’t be taxed. To answer the question though: incentives. A growing (no idea what the ideal rate is) population is generally a benefit to society at large for a variety of reasons, some legitimate and some that make me feel uncomfortable that we’re in a giant ponzi. I *very* strongly disagree with single or childless people not getting to vote, though. That’s fundamentally morally wrong, but also prohibits ideal outcomes.
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