Experts Confirm Functional Democracy Generally Requires At Least One Party To Care About Voting Rights

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WASHINGTON—Noting that an ounce of concern for the enfranchisement of citizens was crucial to the system of government, a consortium of political theorists confirmed Wednesday that a functional democracy generally requires at least one party to care about voting rights. “If you start from the premise that a…

WASHINGTON—Noting that an ounce of concern for the enfranchisement of citizens was crucial to the system of government, a consortium of political theorists confirmed Wednesday that a functional democracy generally requires at least one party to care about voting rights.

“If you start from the premise that a government’s power is derived from the consent of the governed, and that the conferring of such power is contingent upon our freedom to cast a ballot, then there must be—at minimum—one major party that gives a shit about letting people vote,” said Georgetown University political scientist Lawrence Rupar, who added that studies of democracies throughout history had found that 100% failed when none of the people in power “so much as lifted a fucking finger”...

 

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TheDemocrats wanted to but POTUS Manchin said no. Or was it the Parliamentarian? I forgot.

Not satire...just the truth, plain and simple. Are you listening, Mr. Manchin and Ms. Synema?

The Republican Party is all in on a Trump Dictatorship

and for the party to care, they require the blessings of a Senator from one of the smallest, whitest states.

DEMOCRATS better not screw this up protecting voting rights is why they're in office in the first place.

Wait, no comedy or satire in that headline...just straight troof

Outraged conservatives respond that they do support voting rights, but only for the right people.

TFW The Onion has more honest and accurate reporting than nytimes, NPR and washingtonpost

how is this remotely funny? what happened to ?

I’ve lived long enough to learn that the answer to just about every question to what is ruining America comes back to conservatives fucking things up for personal gain and liberals being too conciliatory with bad-faith actors

Democratic communism intensifies?

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