SWRichmond
2 hours ago
"political morality"

So here we are. Voting is an act of violence. If war is politics by any other means, then the converse is true. Voting enables some people to band together and decide other people should be robbed and killed. Organizing one's society around a set of rules which must be enforced, and the enforcement mechanisms paid for, necessitates organized violence.

This is why the Framers wanted government to be as tiny as possible.

Groups have been organizing to loot public treasuries for as long as there have been treasuries to loot. Government and corruption go hand in hand, by definition. They have used various justifications, but the themes always rhyme. //

ConcernedConservative
2 hours ago
Our Founders knew and respected Natural Law, and accepted the fallenness of every Man, even themselves. They knew that no one individual or arbitrary group could be completely entrusted with the power of government, and that pure democracy ignored our baser nature and was fraught with peril.

And so here we are. //

St. Joseph Terror of Demons ConcernedConservative
2 hours ago
Yep. They knew that for America to succeed, it required a moral people—a people that believe in and worship God.

Unfortunately, that is no longer the case for a vast number of those that co-inhabit the borders of this country. //

blh
2 hours ago
I have long argued for some level of qualification beyond age and being on US soil (ostensibly a citizen). I would argue for the following in priority:

Civic literacy (pass an 8th grade civics test) - show you can read and understand our system of gov't.
Own property - preferably real but must have a stake in the land and wealth of this nation
Pay in taxes - If you don't pay taxes then you cannot vote. This can be at the various levels pay state taxes but not federal? Vote in statewide elections (easy enough)

Only exclusion to the last two is to be a combat wounded veteran but there would be no exclusion to the first. If you cannot read and understand what you read then you cannot vote.