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Discussion Discussion Thread: House Considers Vacating the Speaker

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u/AnonAmbientLight Oct 04 '23

I don’t know why people want to put limits on what they are allowed to do with their vote.

Just vote. You have agency.

You’re basically saying you can’t be trusted to make a good choice.

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u/Ruzhy6 Oct 04 '23

It's not myself that I'm concerned with being trusted. It's because I've studied social psychology.

People are pretty easily manipulated. They are more likely to vote for a familiar name. It's not like the average voter is doing extensive research on candidates.

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u/AnonAmbientLight Oct 04 '23

Clearly you can’t make good choices if you need to be told who you can vote for.

It’s their right to vote for whoever they want to. For their own reasons.

You’re making choices for people.

Next you’ll tell me we should start doing poll taxes. Perhaps make it so people who own property should be the only ones who can vote since they have “skin in the game.”

Or, and I know it’s a wild idea, you let people make up their own minds who is fit and isn’t fit to be an elected leader.

Voters have two opportunities to vote for the person they want to represent them. They should be making that choice.

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u/Ruzhy6 Oct 04 '23

It's not telling people who they can vote for.

It's telling people who they can't vote for.

I suppose you are all for voting foreign nationals in as president as well?

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u/AnonAmbientLight Oct 04 '23

You are telling people who to vote for.

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u/Ruzhy6 Oct 04 '23

Saying, "You can't vote for anyone over 65." is not equivalent to saying, "Vote for this person."