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…in reply to @beantin
beantin Haha, I realized this kind of when I was writing it as well, but I wanted to see where it would take me. I’m not sure either. Perhaps I would argue that voting rights mean that the voices are not invisible in that case.
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…in reply to @axbom
beantin But that would have to mean equal voting rights where voting is readily accessible to all... not something you for example have to apply for.
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…in reply to @axbom
beantin I mean, In Sweden we removed adult rights (and hence voting rights) for many people with disabilities up until 1989. A lot of voices have been, and are, invisible in countries that are democracies on paper.
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…in reply to @axbom
beantin Now you really sent me down a rabbit hole reading up on direct democracy, consensus democracy, increases in income inequality, Switzerland, Norway and more... 😬 I also hadn’t realized how the US has been downgraded from a full democracy in 2016 by EIU: eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016
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