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given how little one vote matter, it seems to me that stripping felons of their right to vote is both petty and counterproductive if the point was to reform them into civic minded individuals ? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in Europe, even with more parties it's still a matter of "least bad" usually - like here in Sweden I find it really hard to find a party that is anti-religion, anti-monarchy and pro-science and education but also not lenient on violent gang crime and open borders. I also disagree greatly with the current unfair rent control system and the high income taxes (with no property, land or inheritance taxes), but there is literally no party that covers even just those 3-4 issues in the same way (and there are like 5 or 6 viable parties!).

I think the bigger issue with Biden is that there's just no change at all - no attempt to solve the biggest day-to-day issues of heatlhcare, housing and education. And from the point of view of Europe, Biden's Inflation Reduction Act has been terrible, directly subsidising industry to move to the US, right when Europe is struggling with the Russian gas crisis and the pipelines were bombed, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act has been terrible, directly subsidising industry to move to the US, right when Europe is struggling

but, isn't that good for Americans? And isn't Biden the President of America?