The New York Times: Elections Are Bad for Democracy
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I wonder who would administer that test? Let me guess the only question would be "Are you white?" at which point it just says you failed.
To give you a few glimpses how that's going to turn out:
In Germany the chancellor recently attended a citizens Q&A session where participants where "randomly chosen" by a "lottery". Turns out the people who were allowed to ask questions just happened to be politicians from far-left parties. What a random coincidence!
Also Germany: the federal government is forming its first Bolshevik-style council. People are selected "randomly". Except they somehow want to make sure all minorities are represented, e.g. vegans. Which means it won't be random at all.
If opposition was actually a real thing you could make it so that the opposition is in charge of the randomization. That could mitigate some 'coincidences'
[EDIT]At least for the Q&A-Session. If the lottery-government was real there wouldn't be a way to define an opposition anyway[/EDIT]
They would administer the tests the same way they think poll literacy tests were administered in the Deep South.
oh no, the question would be "are you a member of [list of ethnicities and sexual orientations]". so you still fail, but now it's "valid" and if you complain they seek legal action because you're a dangerous bigot.