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The republic is dead. Long live The Democratic People’s Republic of the United States.
Right wing authoritarian states typically use the "Republic of" prefix. DPR is traditionally a Communist signifier.
We currently have this problem in Germany. The right-wing party AfD is claiming to be constitutional and democratic, yet they have constantly shown through small actions that they are 1. extremists, 2. unconstitutional and 3. not democratic. The most clear example happened last year, when they tried to take power of the parliament of the state Thuringia. They attempted to remove voting rights to parliament members du…
Why don’t opposing parties promise to solving illegal immigration? Sounds like a slam dunk win.
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This reason is the same as everywhere in the west. Capitalism has created a massive wealth inequality where the normal person have less and less, with increasing costs they can’t afford. Right wing parties come in and blame the immigrants as the reason for the decline. They offer simple answers rather than the hard truth that the system is inherently unfair and unjust. The real solution is to move to a post capitalis…
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>Infiltrating police departments and the enlisted ranks of the military >Taking over school boards and local boards of elections Just to play devil's advocate, is it possible that the far right has been under the impression that the far left has been doing the same thing?
All my Republican friends tell me this kind of talk is 'shrill' and would never happen. I certainly hope they're correct, but that story about Pinochet is terrifying.
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There are more empty homes in the US than there are homeless. Housing is expensive because they have become an investment vehicle. Low income or affordable housing is not being built because the profit margins are not nearly as high as they are for luxury housing.
You have cause and effect completely backwards. Housing has become an investment vehicle BECAUSE it is expensive.
And it is expensive to build because government policies make it expensive to build. Safety codes, building codes making previously common types of housing illegal, environmental reviews, zoning, “affordable housing” requirements, development permit fees and delays.
I’m not saying all of those are bad but they have a cost but the legislators and bureaucrats who impose them don’t have to pay them.
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Phantom voters would require an ID to be created before they can register to vote, so an ID check wouldn't help. With thousands registered at one address. From your article, the proposed law didn't limit valid voters based upon their id address. So I don't see how it would help. Dead voters are removed from the registration database and wouldn't be counted, unless they passed away out of country. Moved out of state w…
Do you realise without an ID to vote, you can literally just walk into a polling place and pretend to be your brother vote, then walk into another polling place pretending to be a male friend you know and vote, then walk to another polling place and pretend to be your neighbor and vote. And you won't get caught if you are certain that the original voter won't vote. "just go to to the registration table. Say your name…
That's a fair call out. I was addressing the concerns you brought up in the first comment, this is a different concern and requires a different response.
I understand the concern and don't have a response right now. I am curious as to if you have data to indicate the amount of found fraud of this style. My gut feel is that it's an inconsequential amount of fraud, but that's just a gut feeling.
> Seriously, is it really that hard to just ask for ID when voting? I support giving ID cards for free, I support making voting day a national holiday or forcing it to be on a Saturday or Sunday when everyone is off.
Would you be for eliminating voter registration and have it be "If you have a ID, you can vote"?
Also, not everyone is off on Saturdays or Sundays. There are plenty of people that work weekends and still should be allowed to vote. Sadly there are a fair number of folks that work 7 days a week.
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Wonder why they don’t build more houses. Must be all those immigrants stopping them and not the ultra wealthy oligarchs.
maybe, before we overthrow capitalism for the global communist revolution, we could - just hear me out - TRY the easier solution?
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There are more empty homes in the US than there are homeless. Housing is expensive because they have become an investment vehicle. Low income or affordable housing is not being built because the profit margins are not nearly as high as they are for luxury housing.
hey look, I made a problem, why aren't they fixing it? because they're evil