• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    7 months ago

    I truly believe that anyone running for office should be able to pass a standardized history, economics, and sociology test. Nothing hard, just the basics.

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      7 months ago

      Should be able to but actual implementation of that gets hairy fast.

      It’s one of those things that doesn’t stand up to polarization. It works fine in a functional democracy, but it’s hard to call the US functional anymore.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Yeah, the cons would be slipping things like biblical horseshit and Intelligent Design (lol) into the test.