In a democracy, I don’t see how their vote really matters less. Plus it’ll help improve prisons perhaps.
BuT WhaT iF tHey VOTe To FRee aLL pRiSONErs???
And to your second point: if people were trying to improve prisons, they wouldn’t be so damn lucrative
They don’t have the right proportion to do that. And if they did, then maybe it would actually be a valid vote
They are allowed to vote in civilized countries.
What do you think of France, UK, Italy and China? Because a prisoners right to vote can be removed in those countries as well.
Ah yes, China, a well known bastion of civil liberties.
I can’t remember where I heard this originally, but I subscribe to the belief that you need to maintain the rights of criminals (like voting) to prevent tyranny.
Because if being labeled a criminal is enough to remove your rights, a corrupt government need only declare you one to take your rights away.
It used to be criminal in some parts of the USA for black and white people to intermarry, for example. Imagine losing your right to vote because of who you married.
It was Nelson Mandela:
A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.
To be honest I was shocked when I learned about this stripping of rights when you are imprisoned in the US. It is literally a tool of tyranny to lock people up in order to silence them.
And that’s precisely why I can’t own a gun! I got framed for some bullshit and compelled to plea guilty probably because I’m vocal enough to end up on someone’s list.
