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14 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 December 2011 11:47PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 09 December 2011 03:21:48PM *  0 points [-]

We can say that universal suffrage is not moral progress if it usually leads to countries bankrupting themselves after people realize they can vote themselves money, and then being unable to solve the problem because moral posing wins more votes than reason and compromise.