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I agree wholeheartedly on your first point. I don't support a VoterID enactment for that reason, it solves no real problem. It could be argued it is solving a  potential future problem? Of course, like you, I doubt it's staunch supporters are in the business of solving potential future problems...

A funny anecdote for sure, but doesn't really debunk @IrvineCommuter's claim that Voter fraud is not prevalent enough to be an issue worth addressing.

Any system is going to have abuse, that doesn't mean we should end the system for those who rely on it and use it as designed. We should be careful not to deride those poor and downtrodden that rely on the system to survive or get back on their feet. They are often unfairly lumped in with the...

Interesting article. I think the bigger issue there is that getting an ID is a burden for some folks. If someone really can't spare 25 bucks to get an ID, they need to be helped out.  That needs to be improved. I see no fundamental issue with requiring an ID at the polls, though do recognize...

Exactly, need a shared understanding of the role of borders and nation states before being able to reasonably address immigration. Dismissing entire paradigms of international relations out of hand won't get us there. In my opinion, ultimately we should to move to open borders. We aren't...

How'd you get the location wrong? Did they switch it last minute or something? What's wrong with checking ID? Seems like that would help prevent voter fraud if anything. On a tangent we really could use a cryptographically secure national ID. Using SSN's in place of that as a 'eff it it...

In OC you can register online very easily, and the voting hours are quite reasonable (Wait times as well). Also very easy to get an absentee ballot. Where are these wait times and poor hours occurring? That should definitely be addressed.

They are going to rape you, sell you weed, then steal your job obviously

If there is no such policy, why are these blue eyed blonde haired kids being separated  ;D

I'm talking about Political Realism specifically, and it's understanding of 'Self-Centered Competitiveness'. Not necessarily the standard definition or implication of competitive.

Voting is so ridiculously easy to do, even with these changes. Voting rights are a huge concern, but they are not being meaningfully effected currently. Gerrymandering is also a huge problem, we need to move to shortest split line redistricting and mixed member proportional representation...

There is a lot of doubt that an increased GDP alone helps the country as a whole. The winners might just be the 1% that benefit off the cheap labor. It's more, I want to win, so I won't even give them a chance to beat me.

I think you mean the crisis and outrage would be much louder! Nothing like a blonde haired blue eyed kid suffering to rally the moral majority.

So those rightfully elected to power in our democracy are the ones destroying our democracy? This is the same crap spewed by the tea party when dems controlled congress in 2008. How about we continue to operate in our system which is still working and all signs point to its continuing...

They would if the goal was to play fair. What if the goal is just to win? Better way to do that is rig the system in your favor. Establish a dominant hegemonic world power, and bully smaller nations to your whims. Then, build the the deathstar

Racism is a part of it, but there is certainly other factors, and not everyone that wants hardline immigration enforcement is a racist. A lot of people just hate the poor. That's why we have nations right? So we can enjoy our riches and keep the poor shmucks in the third world away. There is a...

I wouldn't say sentiments were that much different historically, same pushback happened with the Irish and other European immigrants. People definitely feel threatened. I don't think you distill that down to just racism, though it is certainly in the mix. I think we need to have an...

I think we are all aware that Fascism happens gradually, crab in boiling pot, first they came for my neighbor then the came for me, etc. We should be cognizant of it, but not alarmist about it. The U.S. is in a significantly different situation than the Philippines. An interesting anecdote but...

There's a solution to that, one that provides an objectively better (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0910064) measure of care and is working wonderfully in other first world western countries. Unfortunately it has 'socialized' in the title, so it will cause too much triggering to...

A little alarmist.... The Supreme Court thing is BS, but that's politics not destruction of democracy. That article makes it sound like Trump wants to crack down on people entering rather than crack down after their entry, which requires due process. A bit of a jump to say that means 'ending...