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Originally Posted by el_draco
... and therefore morons get voted in.
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That doesn't follow: the quality of candidates isn't limited by the identity of the voters; it's limited by the degree of engagement and subscription in the political process.
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The criterion for who votes should be based on intellect, achievement, honour, ethics, bravery, sacrifice etc; those things that make someone stand out from the drones.
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This is a topic that's come up before, and no doubt will come up again.
There is a long and involved discussion to be had as to why that, though it sounds seductively simple, is a very dangerous proposition. However, it's off-topic for this thread. Suffice to say at this juncture, that universal suffrage is a right that people fought and died for and, I suggest, will fight and die for again if you try and take it away from them.