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bagxrvxpepzn 3 hours ago

> You made the unsubstantiated claim that people would want their right to vote stripped from them.

That wasn't a claim, it was a hypothetical.

> I do not think people want guys like this in power: https://xcancel.com/tobi/status/2081155797640171641

What is it specifically about this tweet that means him being in power would have bad outcomes?

slowin 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd start with some German guy calling native Canadians who are actively civically engaged "useful idiots" and his suggestion that the unemployed and retried shouldn't have a voice in their community.

bagxrvxpepzn 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> his suggestion that the unemployed and retried shouldn't have a voice in their community.

I don't see him making that suggestion. It's pithy so it's hard to really pin down a meaning to the tweet but I think he's saying that these town sessions aren't a meaningful expression of democracy because only a specific section of society is in attendance and one that may not understand key issues relevant to working or young people.

slowin 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Calling people "useful idiots" is pithy?

bagxrvxpepzn 2 hours ago | parent [-]

In this context, I would call it pithy sure. It's concise and direct. He's not explaining further.

He clearly isn't calling the other categories he listed (the " Retired, Unemployed, Unemployable") useful idiots, that's why he listed "useful idiots" separately. I don't know to whom he is referring as useful idiots but I don't think it's immoral in itself to use the term "useful idiot."