Voter literacy - git you some
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I feel like I'm channeling @mark circa 2010, but who here trusts the government to design a literacy (or civics) test and not use it to subtly weed out voters with opinions they don't like?
The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.
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If it were to come to pass, the populist charlatans would have to seek means other than politics to practice their chicanery.
@Renauda said in Voter literacy - git you some:
If it were to come to pass, the populist charlatans would have to seek means other than politics to practice their chicanery.
They already do. It's just the lazy ones that go into politics.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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I feel like I'm channeling @mark circa 2010, but who here trusts the government to design a literacy (or civics) test and not use it to subtly weed out voters with opinions they don't like?
@jon-nyc said in Voter literacy - git you some:
I feel like I'm channeling @mark circa 2010, but who here trusts the government to design a literacy (or civics) test and not use it to subtly weed out voters with opinions they don't like?
That can be easily enough controlled. You have to trust your government for a whole lot trickier things.
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@jon-nyc said in Voter literacy - git you some:
I feel like I'm channeling @mark circa 2010, but who here trusts the government to design a literacy (or civics) test and not use it to subtly weed out voters with opinions they don't like?
That can be easily enough controlled. You have to trust your government for a whole lot trickier things.
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@Renauda said in Voter literacy - git you some:
If it were to come to pass, the populist charlatans would have to seek means other than politics to practice their chicanery.
They already do. It's just the lazy ones that go into politics.
@Mik said in Voter literacy - git you some:
@Renauda said in Voter literacy - git you some:
If it were to come to pass, the populist charlatans would have to seek means other than politics to practice their chicanery.
They already do. It's just the lazy ones that go into politics.
And look at the chaos they sow.
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Would the test be as difficult as that one where the Leader of the Free World needs to remember and recite "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV"?
And, allegedly, scores higher than any other President ever in the history of the country?
Because I think you might be selling yourselves a bit short. As we all know, that guy's a veritable fucking genius, and after polling the office I reckon a good 75% of the population could pass with flying colors.
