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I know several fellow veterans that are on 100% disability and could absolutely work. One of them actually competes in strong man competitions. One day at the gym he was telling me how happy he was that he got his disability increased from 85% to 100%. He hasn’t filed a tax return in several years either BTW.

When I asked why he was taking disability when he obviously wasn’t broken the response was “if they are going to give it I’m going to take it”

Another example and another gym buddy who was even a roommate for a while: a male to female transgender person that was receiving 100% SSI disability because of their mental illness. Although, in this case, the person attributed their transgenderism/mental illness to brain damage from receiving strong chemotherapy during childhood leukemia. But I think anyone that can shoulder press 100 pound dumbbells should be able to do some kind of work.

IDK what to think. Lots of people like to call it end stage capitalism. But to me, it appears more like end stage democracy. If one looks back over the historical record: Greece, Rome, etc. once people gain the right to vote themselves benefits, without contributing to society, the empire eventually collapses.

The United States was not founded as a democracy, but rather a representative republic. Wherein, senators were not elected by popular vote, but rather the state legislature. This was in order to balance the two houses, regardless of population. That all changed in 1913 when senators became elected by popular vote.

I believe that a return to a more original form of voting rights, minus the gender and racial inequalities, would fix a lot with what’s wrong with the government, society, economy today. What if we only allow people with a positive net worth, even if it’s only one dollar, the right to vote?

techfeudalist 2y ago

Vivek was considering an idea that the 🇺🇸 should require community service, or service for your country, before a person can vote. I don’t know where he’s at with that idea.

I was thinking that only taxpayers, people who pay for the government, should vote. Anyone who works for the government or on govt support shouldn’t vote.

The idea is that it’s a conflict of interest if you’re voting to pay yourself money.

The USA had almost perfect founding documents. It’s amazing how messed up the system became over time.

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Keith 2y ago

I think the USA has some of the best founding documents, but they are far from perfect. It has become my observation over the years that the main flaw with most nations founding documents is that they ignore human nature. That giving people power makes them want more power. It only took 11 years for the US Constitution to shatter when George Washington violently suppressed free trade and stole from war veterans by using the army to collect taxes during the Whisky Rebellion.

Think about who the founding fathers contemporaries would be. George Washington was the richest person in the country: Bill Gates/Elon Musk. Benjamin Franklin owned lots of newspapers and was considered a media mogul: Rupert Murdoch/Michel Bloomberg. John Hancock leveraged his family’s trade business to supply his retail stores with low cost goods: Sam Walton. I could go on and on. They all wanted the revolution in order to increase their wealth.

Wether it’s an Article IV convention of states, a peaceful revolution or a hot rebellion the majority of the American population, which is supported by the working class and controlled by the elite will eventually get a rude awakening. The elite sociopaths that run this country will just be taken out back and dealt with. I just hope it happens in my lifetime.