‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho

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‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho
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The problem is the supremacy of the individual ideology. They don't see themselves as members of a society who have to compromise to get along.

I believe in the rights of the individual, which is why I support free health care, education, and housing for all, so that every individual has a chance to succeed, no matter where they come from.

"No, not like that."

Right, but the tyranny they're taking about is other people having rights, and other people getting education, and other people getting healthcare, and other people having opportunities, and other people getting to vote. It isn't that they are losing anything. They just don't want people they think are inferior to be equal.

It doesn't work like that, Personal opportunities are far more numerous in the states than Canada, if you're willing to try,