Notable Point · 27:43-28:20

Representation and equal voting rights

A comment about women's suffrage prompts an argument from no taxation or legislation without representation to equal voting rights.

Notes

A comment claiming that politics worsened after women gained the vote is rejected through the principle that taxation and legislation require representation. On that basis, every adult should possess the vote regardless of sex. Imprisonment can temporarily remove some ordinary rights, but that exception is tied to punishment rather than unequal citizenship. The familiar constitutional principle supports universal suffrage here.