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GoonSquad
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13 Dec 2011, 7:47 pm

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By "Serve the State", I hope you mean "In the Military".

Only a military veteran know what it is really like to place the welfare of his or her fellow citizens ahead of his or her own.


I mean service to the state.

Could be military, could be building roads, could be submitting to medical experiments, could be teaching people how to read, as long as it's a service.

The electorate needs to have a stake in the state before they have a say in how it's run.


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13 Dec 2011, 8:03 pm

GoonSquad wrote:
Fnord wrote:
By "Serve the State", I hope you mean "In the Military".

Only a military veteran know what it is really like to place the welfare of his or her fellow citizens ahead of his or her own.


I mean service to the state.

Could be military, could be building roads, could be submitting to medical experiments, could be teaching people how to read, as long as it's a service.

The electorate needs to have a stake in the state before they have a say in how it's run.


Where does it say that in the constitution? In fact, where does it say that anywhere other than Starship Troopers?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



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13 Dec 2011, 8:17 pm

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Where does it say that in the constitution? In fact, where does it say that anywhere other than Starship Troopers?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



Ssssshhhh... :wink:


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13 Dec 2011, 8:18 pm

GoonSquad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:

Where does it say that in the constitution? In fact, where does it say that anywhere other than Starship Troopers?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



Ssssshhhh... :wink:


:lol:

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13 Dec 2011, 8:48 pm

GoonSquad wrote:

The electorate needs to have a stake in the state before they have a say in how it's run.


The qualifications for who can vote is determined at the state level. Bring it up for a vote in the state where you live.

I have a counter proposal. Disqualify from voting anyone who receives a salary, stipend, benefit or subsidy from the government. We do not want so see voter more goodies for themselves.

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13 Dec 2011, 8:51 pm

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I have a counter proposal. Disqualify from voting anyone who receives a salary, stipend, benefit or subsidy from the government. We do not want so see voter more goodies for themselves.


You do realise that in Britain you'd probably be disenfranchising a very large piece of the electorate? Myself included. ;)



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13 Dec 2011, 10:59 pm

ruveyn wrote:
GoonSquad wrote:

The electorate needs to have a stake in the state before they have a say in how it's run.


The qualifications for who can vote is determined at the state level. Bring it up for a vote in the state where you live.

I have a counter proposal. Disqualify from voting anyone who receives a salary, stipend, benefit or subsidy from the government. We do not want so see voter more goodies for themselves.

ruveyn


There goes the whole senior vote.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



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14 Dec 2011, 8:24 am

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There goes the whole senior vote.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


And half the Mega Corporate hierarchy too. Our major Mega Firms live on the principle that profit is private but losses are socialized.

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14 Dec 2011, 10:57 am

How about changing the name of the country to Fnordonia and putting me in charge?

The ultimate expression of the "On Man - One Vote" philosophy... :twisted:



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14 Dec 2011, 12:16 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:

There goes the whole senior vote.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


And half the Mega Corporate hierarchy too. Our major Mega Firms live on the principle that profit is private but losses are socialized.

ruveyn


That actually gets factored into corporate credit ratings these days... completely insane.


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