so you're point is kind of disingenuous. She's been fighting them for decades, along with fighting for better regulation on Wall Street gambling so that we stop having economic collapses every 10 years.
Seriously, if we'd just listen to her we'd stop having these cyclic crashes. Economists figured out in the 20s what causes them, but since the folks at the top can always count on a bail out (since if we don't they'll take the entire economy with them thanks to all the power they have) voters keep letting
When you let basically anyone vote, how educated do you think your voters will be? Of course they are being hoodwinked into believing whatever the politicians say. Politicians aren't really dumb, they are just corrupt.
is that you might be wrong. The goal is to get everyone participating because more voices mean more chances to be correct, provided you're willing to examine your beliefs and self reflect.
Mind you, education is important. But there's nothing special about individual humans. So you can get better results just by extending education to everyone.
Finally the main reason you never take away the right to vote from _anyone_ is that once you start it's difficult to stop, and it ends in a dictatorship. You m
is that you might be wrong. The goal is to get everyone participating because more voices mean more chances to be correct, provided you're willing to examine your beliefs and self reflect.
That might apply if voters get a choice which matches their beliefs, but if there are only two choices, then representation is effectively zero.
Really? (Score:5, Insightful)
"lawmaker claimed that it and other large corporations 'exploit loopholes"
Loopholes that said 'lawmakers' left in the tax legislation either by accident (incompetent) or by design (corrupt).
Just change the laws to close the loopholes but don't ask people to pay more than YOUR laws expect them to.
Liz Warren didn't leave those loopholes (Score:2, Insightful)
Seriously, if we'd just listen to her we'd stop having these cyclic crashes. Economists figured out in the 20s what causes them, but since the folks at the top can always count on a bail out (since if we don't they'll take the entire economy with them thanks to all the power they have) voters keep letting
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When you let basically anyone vote, how educated do you think your voters will be? Of course they are being hoodwinked into believing whatever the politicians say. Politicians aren't really dumb, they are just corrupt.
The reason you let everyone vote (Score:3)
Mind you, education is important. But there's nothing special about individual humans. So you can get better results just by extending education to everyone.
Finally the main reason you never take away the right to vote from _anyone_ is that once you start it's difficult to stop, and it ends in a dictatorship. You m
Re:The reason you let everyone vote (Score:2)
is that you might be wrong. The goal is to get everyone participating because more voices mean more chances to be correct, provided you're willing to examine your beliefs and self reflect.
That might apply if voters get a choice which matches their beliefs, but if there are only two choices, then representation is effectively zero.