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Marakesh 𓅦 | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 My high school government teacher said "We got women's suffrage and have been suffering ever since." 

And he was an elected Democrat office holder! (an old-school, rational, JFK-style Democrat)
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rabble | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @Marakesh 𓅦 sounds like a bad dad joke. A bit sexist but mostly a bad pun. :)
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mleku | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 democracy only works when those who vote have something at stake

without that limitation people vote for the largesse taken from the losers of the vote and it rolls down hill from there on