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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
Fair enough. But taxes are (at least in theory) designed to provide benefits for everyone. What if those taxes were used to offer poor people small business loans to create their own startup companies? The rich person will remain rich regardless, and I'm fine with that as long as it's not at the expense of everyone else.
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Historically, giving "poor people" money usually doesn't end up the way everyone would like.
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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
Democracy has good connotations because it appeals to the majority. But should the majority make decisions on complicated issues that they don't understand? The majority of people in this country aren't very educated. Why would I want the masses to (indirectly) decide things like stem cell research and foreign policy?
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I have a long time been a semi-proponent for people having to pass a certain level of intelligence/reason testing before being allowed to have children or vote. I say semi serious because all of the dumb pussies out there will of course whine about their personal and imo worthless liberties being infringed upon, and that this could probably never actually happen unfortunately which means it will take the human race a much longer time to advance than it rightfully should thanks to arbitrary social bureaucracy (see: stem cell and cloning opposition). I realize this is one of the more extreme posts.