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Comment author: ygert 23 December 2013 03:26:05PM *  4 points [-]

If I had to guess, I'd say that as Konkvistador is against democracy and voting in general, he wants voting rights to be denied to everyone, and as such, starting with 51% of the population is a good step in that direction.

Am I correct, or is there something more?

Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2013 06:53:51PM 1 point [-]

starting with 51% of the population is a good step in that direction

Sure, but the process would likely have hysteresis depending on which group you remove first, and “women” doesn't seem like the best possible choice to me -- even “people without a university degree” would likely be better IMO.