An old poster arguing against women's suffrage.
I'm particularly fascinated by outdated arguments for things we today consider completely beyond dispute - arguments for slavery, child beating, genocide, racism, etc. I feel like I'm doing "argument archaeology" or something.
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Censitary Suffrage is not anywhere remotely near child beating, genocide, racism, etc.
Vastly different categories.
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Not really? My mind doesn't change, but it does freak me out a little bit how good people were at rationalizing things then (and by extension, probably today too)
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There's a great Econtalk episode about the arguments people used to make for slavery:
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It's almost like they are saying women shouldn't vote because voting is useless anyway.
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Some of these arguments are totally vacuous on a rational level, but only seem rational to them due to misconceptions about how life is for people of classes outside their own. The issue today is people are taught to treat others as if this limited mindset still exists.
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At the very least I appreciate their understanding and openness that government is force.
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