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A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote

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319 points rcarmo | 3 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.755s | source
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valval ◴[22 Oct 24 07:16 UTC] No.41911957[source]▶
I think the weight of your vote should come from the amount of taxes you pay, up to some cap. Can someone explain to me like I’m 12 why this is a bad idea?
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INTPenis ◴[22 Oct 24 07:50 UTC] No.41912140[source]▶
Can you explain to me why votes should be weighted differently at all?
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marcusverus ◴[22 Oct 24 11:57 UTC] No.41913386[source]▶
When you have a tough problem and need advice, do you turn to your unemployed uncle? The homeless guy on the street corner? Of course not. Not all opinions are of equal value. Pretending that they are of equal value is asinine.
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1. llamaimperative ◴[22 Oct 24 13:26 UTC] No.41914023[source]▶
No no, I turn to the nepo baby of a nepo baby of a nepo baby of a nepo baby of a man who once had a plot of land that happened to sit on top of an oil field.

They know what’s going on, and you can tell by their credit score.

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2. valval ◴[22 Oct 24 20:05 UTC] No.41918149[source]▶
Are there enough of these people for it to matter? Let’s say instead of there being 5000 of these “nepo babies” (whose parents and environment of course never taught them anything so that they’re useless members of society in charge of massive fortunes because of chance alone because that just suits your world view best) there were now 50000. What policy changes might they now implement that would shake the foundations of our society?
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3. llamaimperative ◴[23 Oct 24 00:23 UTC] No.41920199[source]▶
To be clear, I said nothing even close to what's in your parens.

Off the top of my head: decades long precedence on regulatory agencies' authority, abortion rights, and Presidential immunity have all undergone dramatic reshaping in the last few years in large part driven by only one ultrawealthy person (Leonard Leo, born to wealth).

Your question is silly.