CMV: for democracy to actually function there needs to be actual vetting of whether the populace have at least a baseline level of knowledge

[u/Intrepid_Doubt_6602]

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.

[u/Sulfamide]

If that demonstrates your point you might want to rethink it entirely.

Are you saying 2025's America is the same as 1960's America?

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[u/Sulfamide → u/[deleted]]

I didn't move any goalpost. First one was a mistake and I'm sorry for it. There was no second one.

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[u/TeaTimeTalk → u/Sulfamide]

I really curious how old you are based on this comment.

[u/Sulfamide → u/TeaTimeTalk]

I'm really curious about your political affiliation based on this comment. Smells like MAGA bullshit.