▲ 904 ▼ Texas Has the Fewest Personal Freedoms (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments Texas was found to be the state with the fewest personal freedoms, according to the Cato Institute's new Freedom Index.
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sure, but when a conservative propaganda machine claims that even Texas is too authoritarian ... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Then they just have an agenda to say those freedoms were taken by Democrats, and that you really need more freedom via deregulation. First you sell the problem, then you sell your solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) Even for Republicans that's an incredibly bold move. Democrats have been the minority party in Texas for over a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) The enemy is both weak and a strong threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago I understood that reference permalink fedilink source parent [–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta remove those freedoms somehow permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMBFFF@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Perhaps a million migrants from California might change that. :D permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Mmmyes and I'd take them away again muajajajaja. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago I kind of did the same with The Heritage Foundation. They have a page cataloging every single instance of voter fraud they could find, and they're up to... 1,474. Total. Since 1982. Regardless of party. In the same span of time, just looking at presidential elections, over 1.1 billion ballots were cast. This is an abjectly evil "think tank" behind Project 2025, which actively pushes the big voter fraud lie to push mass disenfranchisement, and even they could only find an astronomically small rate of voter fraud. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Then they just have an agenda to say those freedoms were taken by Democrats, and that you really need more freedom via deregulation. First you sell the problem, then you sell your solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) Even for Republicans that's an incredibly bold move. Democrats have been the minority party in Texas for over a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) The enemy is both weak and a strong threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago I understood that reference permalink fedilink source parent [–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta remove those freedoms somehow permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMBFFF@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Perhaps a million migrants from California might change that. :D permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Mmmyes and I'd take them away again muajajajaja. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) Even for Republicans that's an incredibly bold move. Democrats have been the minority party in Texas for over a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) The enemy is both weak and a strong threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago I understood that reference permalink fedilink source parent [–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta remove those freedoms somehow permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMBFFF@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Perhaps a million migrants from California might change that. :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) The enemy is both weak and a strong threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago I understood that reference permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago I understood that reference permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Gotta remove those freedoms somehow permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DMBFFF@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Perhaps a million migrants from California might change that. :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Mmmyes and I'd take them away again muajajajaja. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago I kind of did the same with The Heritage Foundation. They have a page cataloging every single instance of voter fraud they could find, and they're up to... 1,474. Total. Since 1982. Regardless of party. In the same span of time, just looking at presidential elections, over 1.1 billion ballots were cast. This is an abjectly evil "think tank" behind Project 2025, which actively pushes the big voter fraud lie to push mass disenfranchisement, and even they could only find an astronomically small rate of voter fraud. permalink fedilink source parent