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Shawk @shawk.bsky.social

R. Heinlein’s suggestion was, ‘Only Honorable Discharged Veterans will be allowed to vote.’

aug 28, 2025, 4:28 pm • 0 0

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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org

yeah well that book is extremely fascist

aug 28, 2025, 4:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Shawk @shawk.bsky.social

And your point is?

aug 28, 2025, 8:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org

I guess I don't know what your point is. My posts argued for increasing democracy by expanding access to voting; you brought up a fascist novel that argued for decreasing democracy by greatly restricting access to voting.

aug 28, 2025, 8:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Shawk @shawk.bsky.social

You imply this is a Republican-only strategy. Each state does this within its own borders; California and Oregon certainly do this. We are a digital nation. Increasing democracy would require a Constitutional Amendment granting Universal Suffrage from birth or naturalization AND a true National ID.

aug 28, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org

oh it's definitely not Republican-only! Partisan gerrymandering and prison gerrymandering are definitely dominated by Republicans though. Democrats are cowards and don't want to appear "weak on crime", so they collude on disenfranchisement and things like three-strikes laws.

aug 28, 2025, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org

White Democrats are also champions of racial gerrymandering, where they draw districts within Democrat-dominated cities to weaken Black and Latinx voting power.

aug 28, 2025, 9:02 pm • 0 0 • view