@IsaacWestcott If anything was a mistake, it was universal suffrage. Anything given has no value.
@SatisfactionGuaranteed @IsaacWestcott I've seen some graph on how women getting the right to vote is correlated to increased social programs, taxes and government spending, but I haven't looked at it if it's true.
It's true that self-reliance is a trait more commonly found in men.
@IsaacWestcott Universal Suffrage is a solution to the problem of "Who decides who gets to vote?".
Not a great one, but I can't think of a better one.
You can't get rid of it through democratic means. It's the same with immigrants voting for more government benefits and open borders. (not all immigrants, mainly those unwilling to integrate)
Universal Suffrage stems from the ideals of Liberalism: equality and universalism.
Such ideas would find no refuge in any non democratic system.
Universal Suffrage is a Pandora Box; once opened there's no closing it via democratic channels.