It’s always seemed suspicious and wrong to me that felons can’t vote. That they can’t take part in the democratic process. Maybe—or it is highly likely—that their crime was a popular crime: A crime of the times. And/or not a real crime. A crime that is specifically intended control the population. Like a drug crime. Or a social crime. Many crimes may be designed specifically to create some type of homogeneous society. Or specifically to incriminate dissidents. Or any threat to the establishment.
But at the time people seem to have no problem passing legislation to make anything they don’t prefer or dislike illegal. Regular people even pass legislation with fervor. Willingly further and further taking away their own liberty. While the chessmasters watch happily as we corral ourselves— to their profit. Almost always these laws or regulations are allegedly for the common good.
It’s likely a consolidation of power to make it illegal for felons to vote or defend themselves.
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