I think everyone should need to pass a basic intelligence quiz to be eligible to vote. Very strict guidelines on what questions are allowed to appear because I mean super basic info.
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1+3*3=? And circling the correct diagram of the water cycle. Very easy questions anybody with a 5th grade intelligence level could answer.
I’m not suggesting it be administered by individuals who can discriminate for one. Also would want strict guidelines for what can be asked, I’m imagining a set of around 100 questions and you just get a random one on your ballot and there’s no leeway for states to edit the list. There are a plethora of other aspects that would need to be hammered out because there is absolutely room for fuckery, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Some states actually ran successful voter test programs prior to the idea being twisted by the South. Just because something’s been misused in the past doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the only potential outcome.
I would also prefer just educating people better so no test would even be necessary, but conservatives won’t fund education so we’re left with a bunch of dummies just voting for anything that says their political affiliation next to it.
You seem to be under the misconception that the purpose of democracy is to select the objectively best governmental policy, as if such a thing could ever exist. That is not the purpose of democracy. If you want that kind of system, you want technocracy, not democracy.
The purpose of democracy is to keep us from killing each other. THAT is the purpose of democracy. It’s too give enough people enough of a voice in government that very few people think starting a civil war is a necessary and proper course of action. It has nothing to do with selecting the “best” governmental policy, as that’s entirely subjective.
The reason you don’t want filter voters based on intelligence is that stupid people can use firearms just fine.
“stupid people can use firearms just fine.” that’s why you don’t want them aligned with power (see ICE). If they are not aligned with power, they are just domestic terrorists. And they are not that numerous. J6 showed how many of them is actually willing to show up for a fight. Not an unmanageable number. Definitely not enough to start a civil war back then. Now, with government backing, yes.
We have archaeological evidence of mass violence and war back when human beings were all living as classless egalitarian hunter gatherers. We’ve found mass graves that old.
Marxists lose the plot when they insist on analyzing everything through the lens of class struggle.
I think everyone should need to pass a basic intelligence quiz to be eligible to vote. Very strict guidelines on what questions are allowed to appear because I mean super basic info.
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1+3*3=? And circling the correct diagram of the water cycle. Very easy questions anybody with a 5th grade intelligence level could answer.
I think you should study your American history a little more before saying stuff like this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test
I’m aware of history, that’s not what I suggested.
How is what you suggested different?
I’m not suggesting it be administered by individuals who can discriminate for one. Also would want strict guidelines for what can be asked, I’m imagining a set of around 100 questions and you just get a random one on your ballot and there’s no leeway for states to edit the list. There are a plethora of other aspects that would need to be hammered out because there is absolutely room for fuckery, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Some states actually ran successful voter test programs prior to the idea being twisted by the South. Just because something’s been misused in the past doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the only potential outcome.
I would also prefer just educating people better so no test would even be necessary, but conservatives won’t fund education so we’re left with a bunch of dummies just voting for anything that says their political affiliation next to it.
Really? Which ones?
I couldn’t find any with my internet sleuthing skills. Just a bunch of stuff about voter suppression.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=have+there+ever+been+studies+about+voting+tests&ia=web
I believe that any test, even if done in good faith initially, will inevitably lead to voter suppression against some minority group.
You seem to be under the misconception that the purpose of democracy is to select the objectively best governmental policy, as if such a thing could ever exist. That is not the purpose of democracy. If you want that kind of system, you want technocracy, not democracy.
The purpose of democracy is to keep us from killing each other. THAT is the purpose of democracy. It’s too give enough people enough of a voice in government that very few people think starting a civil war is a necessary and proper course of action. It has nothing to do with selecting the “best” governmental policy, as that’s entirely subjective.
The reason you don’t want filter voters based on intelligence is that stupid people can use firearms just fine.
“stupid people can use firearms just fine.” that’s why you don’t want them aligned with power (see ICE). If they are not aligned with power, they are just domestic terrorists. And they are not that numerous. J6 showed how many of them is actually willing to show up for a fight. Not an unmanageable number. Definitely not enough to start a civil war back then. Now, with government backing, yes.
You say this as if people wanting to kill each other is normal, and not mostly a result of class dynamics stemming from modes of production.
We have archaeological evidence of mass violence and war back when human beings were all living as classless egalitarian hunter gatherers. We’ve found mass graves that old.
Marxists lose the plot when they insist on analyzing everything through the lens of class struggle.
Shit, I must have missed the memo about world peace happening.
| stupid people can use firearms just fine
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