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This is totally incorrect. When the gates of universal suffrage are opened, the results become entirely predictable and deleterious. This is both logically obvious and empirically demonstrable, since the consequences we are currently experiencing were correctly anticipated by a wide variety of men and women who opposed suffrage.

Considering that I'm on record as expecting the collapse of the USA in the 2033 timeframe, I don't think I can be reasonably said to have overlooked the point. I understand that female participation in our society is firmly established; that is precisely why I expect our society to collapse and shatter. This will not be the first time this has happened, and human nature being what it is, I tend to doubt that it will be the last.

Third, it is no concern of mine if people are offended or not. The truth often offends people. It is no surprise to me that women dislike the historical fact that their collective involvement in governance has historically led to the rapid loss of national sovereignty, to economic contraction, and other consequences generally deemed undesirable. But history is as it is. The facts are as they are. Simply wishing things were otherwise is neither realistic nor a rational approach to the issue.

No one who is capable of grasping the concept that permitting children to choose their meals is not always and necessarily in their long-term best interest should have trouble understanding that permitting an increased influence in governance to any particular group is not always and necessarily in the best interest of that group or anyone else. Nor is it necessary for a society to collapse entirely before the positive or negative effects of a specific group's increased involvement in government to be ascertained.

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