re: Women should not have the right to vote

Yeah, I'm not beholden to Churchill's opinion.

I, of course, support private/polycentric law as an ideal - but that's not something one can institute easily, and certainly not overnight.

Barring the existence of my AnCap island with McNukes and child slaves, I'd prefer an aristocratic/republican or even a legitimate monarchy over the existence of such a government that we have now. Lichtenstein, for example, is probably the best model that exists today.

I know the reponse will be, "but you can't run a country as large and diverse as America like that!", to which I would say, "that's exactly the point."

So you want a system that can’t conceivably function, essentially triggering an anarchic state through dysfunction, interesting. Crazy, but interesting.

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So you want a system that can’t conceivably function, essentially triggering an anarchic state through dysfunction, interesting. Crazy, but interesting.

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I wholeheartedly believe that nation-states will collapse in the next few decades and that much smaller polities will form. Hopefully, many different types of governing systems (ones that I'm not even aware of) arise and we can see a lot more variety and choice in how we are governed.

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The question at the center here is woman’s suffrage, and Trump supporters who claim woman aren’t emotionally capable of handling the responsibility without a sense of self-awareness or irony.

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Most women are capable they just aren't interested. They are watching the Bachelor or whining on Tumblr.
As a woman I feel qualified to tell you thaf most women aren't politically aware. It's been true with nearly every woman I've known (on a level few men here could). Very few can hold actual discussions surrounding ideology and the impact on public policy. Try it. Listen for the empty platitudes and tired talking points.
Women understand money. Frame arguments around how they will be impacted. Their interest increases and their "compassion" gives way to reality.

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Women understand money. Frame arguments around how they will be impacted. Their interest increases and their "compassion" gives way to reality.

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Substitue money for security and you'll understand why women vote for larger government.

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It's the franchise to vote.

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The question at the center here is woman’s suffrage,

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Uh, those two things are the same. Now that we've established that you're a moron let's examine WHY women should vote and not other beings like:

17 year olds
Prisoners
Europeans
Dogs

Give me a cogent reason why women are more deserving than the above.

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They are watching the Bachelor or whining on Tumblr.
As a woman I feel qualified to tell you thaf most women aren't politically aware.

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As a man I feel qualified to tell you most men aren't politically aware or interested either. Its been true for almost every man I have met, save a few. Most I talk to or see posting on message boards can't hold discussions beyond repeating talking points and regurgitating what they heard from their thought generators of their preferred partisan media.

Truth be told, if you are ever interested in more than just anecdotal evidence, you should look into the work of George Lakoff and Achen/Bartels. The later have done a lot of interesting empirical work about how people make voting decisions. And their findings show that issues of irrational voting patterns, tribalism, indirect influences, and ignorance of policy are something that is not unique to one sex.

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As a man I feel qualified to tell you most men aren't politically aware or interested either. Its been true for almost every man I have met, save a few. Most I talk to or see posting on message boards can't hold discussions beyond repeating talking points and regurgitating what they heard from their thought generators of their preferred partisan media.

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Being politically aware is really irrelevant to the discussion. The point is that women will naturally vote for policies that make government larger while men will naturally vote for the opposite. Generally speaking of course. Since I hate government and want as little of it as possible I don't want women voting. It is literally impossible for government to get smaller or even stop growing as long as women vote.

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As a man I feel qualified to tell you most men aren't politically aware or interested either. Its been true for almost every man I have met, save a few. Most I talk to or see posting on message boards can't hold discussions beyond repeating talking points and regurgitating what they heard from their thought generators of their preferred partisan media.

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This just isn't true, but we're talking about women.

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not unique to one sex

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But we're talking about women. Start a thread about men if you'd like.
I'd love to see some sort of aptitude test that would eliminate idiot voters regardless of their gender.