That's true. The only thing I can think of is a battery of tests that measure both your intellect and your character. Stupid=slave caste, but so would smart but evil. They would also have to be opaque enough that people couldn't figure out the "right" answers and coach their friends and relatives. Unfortunately, this idea will never be more than an intellectual exercise.
I don't doubt that it's technically possible to devise such tests, but I think in practical terms they could never be created for several reasons. First, anyone involved in building and administering the test system will taint it with their biases or attempt to use inside knowledge for their friends and family.
Second, it would require the world to acknowledge the big lie: all men are not created equal, they have various degrees of value based on their abilities and character. People are not going to tolerate having their rights and privileges adjusted to match their worth, because most would undoubtedly see a decrease in their autonomy as a result.
The last remaining shit filter for elections was the fact you had to get up off your ass to vote. You needed the drive, intelligence and motivation to do this (even if you're a NPC you needed to care enough to deal with the hassle).
Now it's a mail in ballot mailed to your house. Fraud aside, it unlocks the dumbest and most easily manipulated voter base for the left. People that wouldn't have even known an election is going on suddenly have more collective power than educated voters.
You're right. A single vote from a thoughtful person who researched the candidates and the issues and considered both their interests and the interests of the people as a whole when deciding who to vote for is outweighed by two burnout druggies who vote for the guy that says he's going to legalize narcotics. Now multiply that by millions.
Absentee ballots should be all but eliminated. Make election day they paid holiday so that no one has any excuse not to vote. The only people who should be voting remotely are military stationed out of state and people hospitalized or with disabilities that physically prevent them from getting to a polling site.
It will never happen, but I also think that you are not a net taxpayer you shouldn't be allowed to cast a vote. I don't let the guy at the office who isn't chipping in for lunch have a say on where we're buying from, so why do we let people with no stake in the matter vote on how to spend everyone else's money?
That's true. The only thing I can think of is a battery of tests that measure both your intellect and your character. Stupid=slave caste, but so would smart but evil. They would also have to be opaque enough that people couldn't figure out the "right" answers and coach their friends and relatives. Unfortunately, this idea will never be more than an intellectual exercise.
I don't doubt that it's technically possible to devise such tests, but I think in practical terms they could never be created for several reasons. First, anyone involved in building and administering the test system will taint it with their biases or attempt to use inside knowledge for their friends and family.
Second, it would require the world to acknowledge the big lie: all men are not created equal, they have various degrees of value based on their abilities and character. People are not going to tolerate having their rights and privileges adjusted to match their worth, because most would undoubtedly see a decrease in their autonomy as a result.
The last remaining shit filter for elections was the fact you had to get up off your ass to vote. You needed the drive, intelligence and motivation to do this (even if you're a NPC you needed to care enough to deal with the hassle).
Now it's a mail in ballot mailed to your house. Fraud aside, it unlocks the dumbest and most easily manipulated voter base for the left. People that wouldn't have even known an election is going on suddenly have more collective power than educated voters.
You're right. A single vote from a thoughtful person who researched the candidates and the issues and considered both their interests and the interests of the people as a whole when deciding who to vote for is outweighed by two burnout druggies who vote for the guy that says he's going to legalize narcotics. Now multiply that by millions.
Absentee ballots should be all but eliminated. Make election day they paid holiday so that no one has any excuse not to vote. The only people who should be voting remotely are military stationed out of state and people hospitalized or with disabilities that physically prevent them from getting to a polling site.
It will never happen, but I also think that you are not a net taxpayer you shouldn't be allowed to cast a vote. I don't let the guy at the office who isn't chipping in for lunch have a say on where we're buying from, so why do we let people with no stake in the matter vote on how to spend everyone else's money?