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mousemusings
"During the Dalai Lama's 10 day visit to Washington, that was not without controversy, he wondered why a “small pocket” of people living in the world’s “champion of democracy, liberty and freedom” lacked full voting rights and representation in Congress.
“Quite strange, quite strange,” he remarked, drawing further laughter."
The concept of voting is pretty deep rooted though. When no one had a say in the matter, voting was seen as a way to get your voice represented. Now I don't think that is an honest reality of voting structures.... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"During the Dalai Lama's 10 day visit to Washington, that was not without controversy, he wondered why a “small pocket” of people living in the world’s “champion of democracy, liberty and freedom” lacked full voting rights and representation in Congress.
“Quite strange, quite strange,” he remarked, drawing further laughter."
The concept of voting is pretty deep rooted though. When no one had a say in the matter, voting was seen as a way to get your voice represented. Now I don't think that is an honest reality of voting structures.... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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