NotSteve_Dec 3

[OPINION] Canada’s age-verification bill for porn is a slippery slope to a restrictive internet

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[OPINION] Canada’s age-verification bill for porn is a slippery slope to a restrictive internet

Canada’s proposed Bill S-209, which addresses online age verification, is currently making its way through the Senate, and its passage would be yet…

Show threadDevial

I don’t care if it slows down the legislative process, I am firmly of the opinion that all politicians should be legally required to take a short exam designed by experts on the topic of any legislation they want to vote on (including things like basic understandings of the concept and potential consequences, both positive and negative, of the legislation), and any politician who fails isn’t allowed to vote on that legislation.

Politicians shouldn’t be allowed to vote on legislation that they demonstrably do not understand.

Dec 5 at 2:36pmWeb
Show threadMuscle_MeteorDec 5
How i feel about voting in general
Show threadTigeroovyDec 5
You have to answer a skill testing question to obtain any contest winnings, there should be one for your vote to count.
Show threadyourgodluciferDec 6
There Is a reason why we don’t have literacy tests for voting anymore.
Literacy as a requirement for voting

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

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Show threadTigeroovyDec 6
A skill testing question isn’t quite the same as a literacy test, but I get your point.
Show threadkrooklochurmDec 10

I’ll take it one step further.

Every second of every politicians life should be publicly available and steamed 24/7 excepting matters of national security.

If they want the kind of power that comes with being a politician then they should have to sacrifice their privacy. If they are public servants they need to be held accountable and serve the public.

I sincerely believe that extreme personal sacrifice for politicians should become the norm, and the only way for us to have a healthy thriving democracy.

The same way you sacrifice many rights when joining the military, or on being incarcerated. Service requires sacrifice. And the notion that politicians should be able to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as the rest of us is a huge part of why corruption can flourish.

Show threadDevialDec 10
That is an utterly terrible idea, that is going to lead to the very opposite of a healthy democracy. That is going to lead to 99% of politicians quiting, and the very, very few who don’t care about the constant surveillance will effectively be governing unopposed most of the time.