• _thisdot@infosec.pub
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    Everyone affected by the policy decisions of the land should get to vote. No matter their race, literacy or political belief

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      Yes they should. But at the same time completely ignorant people should not. This is too big of a decision to leave up to disinterested and ill informed voters. I don’t care if you are left or right. blue or red.

      If you don’t know the basics of how our government works you do not deserve to have a say. If you do not know the basics of what is happening in the country, then you do not deserve to vote.

      ANYONE voting should be informed.

      How we test for this? i have no idea. There can not be a simple education requirement or literacy test. There are plenty of uneducated people that are very up to date and informed on current politics. There are plenty of very educated people that don’t care about what’s going on and just vote by party.

      But just because you have the right to an opinion does not mean your ignorant opinion is worth anything.