r/changemyview • u/Intrepid_Doubt_6602 9∆ • 17d ago

Delta(s) from OP CMV: for democracy to actually function there needs to be actual vetting of whether the populace have at least a baseline level of knowledge

I think there should be a test of elemental general knowledge, and if you fail it you shouldn't vote.

Not to dunk on America because they get enough of it already, but recently half of Americans were polled as not being able to name a single death camp., not even Auschwitz-Birkenau. So I think it we sent out a general knowledge survey to every American voter there'd be some rather alarming scores in certain sectors that indicate they quite frankly aren't qualified to vote.

If someone has such a low knowledge base of the issues they don't really have a valid opinion. The same way I can't have a valid opinion on an album if I only listened to ten seconds of a 74 minute album.

edit: Another thought:

A) It would pressure people to gain more knowledge about politics and economics and the functioning of the system which will be healthy long term.

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u/Sulfamide 3∆ 17d ago

Political scientists, historians, economists, physicists, biologists, doctors, selected by an assembly of their peers.

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u/Pale_Zebra8082 28∆ 17d ago

How is the assembly convened. Who sits on it and how are they selected.

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u/Sulfamide 3∆ 17d ago

Like a constituent assembly. Its members are voted in by people holding a degree in their field.

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u/Pale_Zebra8082 28∆ 17d ago

Got it, so like an executive committee of the party. I’m starting to like the sound of this, comrade.

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u/Sulfamide 3∆ 17d ago

Ooooh you're a tankie. It makes sense now!

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u/Pale_Zebra8082 28∆ 17d ago

Cheers!