Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?

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    One vote might not matter much, but 4.6 million votes can swing elections. It’s really fucking weird how that country calls itself a democracy when it does this, allows rampant gerrymandering, have a very uneven vote weight depending on where you live, and, just as icing on the cake, allows slavery in some specific instances.

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      Doesn’t the US also have the largest population of prisoners in the entire world too?

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      It’s not strange at all when you consider your own phrasing: calls itself a democracy.

      Plenty of places do that. Doesn’t make it so.