Hot take but i agree with Plato on the first half. People are too dumb, blind, and easily manipulated for a democracy.
But obviously a benevolent, kind, and uncoercible king with the interests of the people at heart is not realistic.
I dont have a solution. 🤷‍♂️
Who writes and administers the test? And who ensures everyone has equal access to education so a non-voting underclass isn’t created?
The United States used to have a “voting literacy test”. It existed to keep non-whites from voting as it was practically impossible to pass so it was at the clerk’s discretion who could or could not vote.
Just because it was misused before doesn’t mean it’s an unworkable idea. Would it really make things worse than the mess we have now?
Say, for example, you needed the support of a supermajority (67% or 75%) of the population to approve a test.
There are lots of potential flaws with the system, and lots of “attack vectors”. But, you don’t need to come up with a test that’s perfect, just one that improves the current situation, which is pretty dire.
Yes, just like all the current flaws are being exploited. The question is whether this would make the overall system better or worse. If it means that people weaned solely on a very biased media source / conspiracy theories have less of a chance of their vote deciding things, it might make it better.
It’s an attempt to address an existing problem that has obvious consequences right now.
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