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minus-squarepete_the_cat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI honestly think the Framers of the US Constitution had the right idea: letting every idiot over the age of 18 vote was a bad idea.
minus-squareWirlockelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·4 months agoThing is if you take out the initial racism and sexism, you just get a government ran by landlords and real estate moguls… moreso than currently.
minus-squarepete_the_cat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoWhat I was getting at was people with no grip on reality shouldn’t be allowed to vote on who runs the country. Of course, doing that is just as hard as the other social/moral issues we have.
I honestly think the Framers of the US Constitution had the right idea: letting every idiot over the age of 18 vote was a bad idea.
Thing is if you take out the initial racism and sexism, you just get a government ran by landlords and real estate moguls… moreso than currently.
What I was getting at was people with no grip on reality shouldn’t be allowed to vote on who runs the country. Of course, doing that is just as hard as the other social/moral issues we have.