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HuffPo blogger: Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?

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benjipwns

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Wew, I've been doing my part for years and I didn't even know it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/she...e-to-deny-white-men-the-franchise_a_22036640/
Some of the biggest blows to the progressive cause in the past year have often been due to the votes of white men. If white men were not allowed to vote, it is unlikely that the United Kingdom would be leaving the European Union, it is unlikely that Donald Trump would now be the President of the United States, and it is unlikely that the Democratic Alliance would now be governing four of South Africa's biggest cities.

If white men no longer had the vote, the progressive cause would be strengthened. It would not be necessary to deny white men indefinitely – the denial of the vote to white men for 20 years (just less than a generation) would go some way to seeing a decline in the influence of reactionary and neo-liberal ideology in the world. The influence of reckless white males were one of the primary reasons that led to the Great Recession which began in 2008. This would also strike a blow against toxic white masculinity, one that is long needed.

At the same time, a denial of the franchise to white men, could see a redistribution of global assets to their rightful owners. After all, white men have used the imposition of Western legal systems around the world to reinforce modern capitalism. A period of twenty years without white men in the world's parliaments and voting booths will allow legislation to be passed which could see the world's wealth far more equitably shared. The violence of white male wealth and income inequality will be a thing of the past.
It is obvious that this violent status quo will not change without a struggle, and the only way to do so will be through the expropriation of these various assets and equitably distribute them to those who need them. This will not only make the world a more equitable place, but will also go some way to paying the debt that white males owe the world. Over the past 500 years colonialism, slavery, and various aggressive wars and genocides, have been due to the actions of white men. Redistributing some of their assets will go some way to paying the historical debt that they owe society.

It is no surprise that liberalism – and its ideological offshoots of conservatism and libertarianism – are the most popular ideologies among white males. These ideologies with their focus on individuals and individual responsibility, rather than group affiliation, allow white men to ignore the debt that they owe society, and from acknowledging that most of their assets, wealth, and privilege are the result of theft and violence.

Some may argue that this is unfair. Let's be clear, it may be unfair, but a moratorium on the franchise for white males for a period of between 20 and 30 years is a small price to pay for the pain inflicted by white males on others, particularly those with black, female-identifying bodies. In addition, white men should not be stripped of their other rights, and this withholding of the franchise should only be a temporary measure, as the world rights the wrongs of the past.

A withholding of the franchise from white males, along with the passing of legislation in this period to redistribute some of their assets, will also, to a degree, act as the reparations for slavery, colonialism, and apartheid, which the world is crying out for to be paid.
It is time to wrestle control of the world back from white males, and the first step will be a temporary restriction of the franchise to them.

Shelley Garland is an activist and a feminist and is currently completing an MA degree in philosophy. When she’s not gagging at South Africa’s unique brand of rainbow politics, she’s working on ways to smash the patriarchy.
 

marrec

Banned
Can't vote us out of voting rights if we're making it harder for you to vote.

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Lambtron

Unconfirmed Member
If they took the franchise from me and it meant we didn't have to deal with Tangerine Terror I wouldn't be too upset. *shrug*
 

Oppo

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I'd rather see mandatory voting, with a small fine for non compliance and tax break reward.

many demographic groups did not turn up to vote, I see that as a big problem in North America overall.
 

HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
This seems like a pretty poor way to try and heal some of the huge divides and level the uneven playing field out there. If anything this kind of action would probably exacerbate things into a very ugly state.
 

Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I'd rather see mandatory voting, with a small fine for non compliance and tax break reward.

many demographic groups did not turn up to vote, I see that as a big problem in North America overall.

Yep. Making sure as many people as possible actually vote is a much more important (and not insane) solution.
 
This is one of those times you become so progressive, your brain literally goes inside your ass. I hope someone helps her get it back.
 

benjipwns

Banned

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
This has to be some kind of next-level concern trolling, right?
 
While I think that too huge a percentage of white dudes are fuckin it up for everybody, I think that stuff like this only feeds more into their delusions of victimhood and undermines marginalized people trying to make a case that their voting rights are still being infringed (gerrymandering, ID laws, etc)
 

Beartruck

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Fight disenfrachisement with even more disenfranchisement. Briliant. Literally no better than the people shes trying to fight.
 
I'm not white but I am male. Although sometimes it feels like people think that's a bad thing.

Either way I'm kinda confused at what the end goal is here.
 
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