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· Our society is in bad shape –economic straits, unprovoked wars, negative international reputation, environmental destruction, addiction, powerless poverty, etc.
· The main reason it has gotten so bad is that a few wealthy people who are out of touch with ordinary life make most of the decisions about other people’s lives, the environment, the economy, the laws, the media, etc. When the people with money also have the power, it leads to corruption, i.e., the wealthy make decisions that financially benefit themselves with little regard for the society as a whole. Therefore, the concentration of wealth and power together is fundamentally unworkable and undemocratic.
· Just as we separate church and state, we need to separate wealth from power. We don’t want to take away people’s money. So the only other option is to increase the power of people on the other end by systematically increasing the size of their vote. That restores balance between wealth and power. So vote sizing tries to find the middle ground between capitalism and communism. Vote sizing is all about bringing balance where we are lopsided.
· The system is set up to keep a lower class in place so that the wealthy can make higher profits. But lack of healthcare, environmental protections, educational resources, economic options, etc. creates despair and dysfunction.
· Powerless poverty is the problem – if people want to live simply without much wealth, it wouldn’t be a problem if they had more control over government in order to ensure that their basic needs are met. This mad dash after money happens because people know they are powerless without money. But if that wasn’t the case, maybe a lot of people wouldn’t care to be wealthy. And we really all need to slow our lives down and use less, so that the earth will continue to be inhabitable and so that we can restore some sanity to our lives.
· The main reason it has gotten so bad is that a few wealthy people who are out of touch with ordinary life make most of the decisions about other people’s lives, the environment, the economy, the laws, the media, etc. When the people with money also have the power, it leads to corruption, i.e., the wealthy make decisions that financially benefit themselves with little regard for the society as a whole. Therefore, the concentration of wealth and power together is fundamentally unworkable and undemocratic.
· Just as we separate church and state, we need to separate wealth from power. We don’t want to take away people’s money. So the only other option is to increase the power of people on the other end by systematically increasing the size of their vote. That restores balance between wealth and power. So vote sizing tries to find the middle ground between capitalism and communism. Vote sizing is all about bringing balance where we are lopsided.
· The system is set up to keep a lower class in place so that the wealthy can make higher profits. But lack of healthcare, environmental protections, educational resources, economic options, etc. creates despair and dysfunction.
· Powerless poverty is the problem – if people want to live simply without much wealth, it wouldn’t be a problem if they had more control over government in order to ensure that their basic needs are met. This mad dash after money happens because people know they are powerless without money. But if that wasn’t the case, maybe a lot of people wouldn’t care to be wealthy. And we really all need to slow our lives down and use less, so that the earth will continue to be inhabitable and so that we can restore some sanity to our lives.
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