Idiocracy came true

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    We could fix it if voting was a privilege and not a right. Below is a quote that resonated with me.

    "These candidates are possible because of the deeply flawed and naive mechanism in Democracy called Universal Suffrage. Big enabler of ignorance, fear, blind simplistic ideologies, tribalism, polarization and manipulations.
    If we think of Democracy as an App it would be crashing all the time, ridden with Bugs, Malware and Virus. The worst part is that it never gets updated to get fixed.
    While the USA still remains functional it has mild signs of decay and seems drifting slowly into a Plutocracy and Political gridlock.

    The World would be a much better place if Democracies would come to their senses and manage somehow to get rid of low information voters yet maintain legitimate representation. That simple compromise would change everything ! Because it shouldn’t be about Charisma but Competence.

    You can tell something is wrong when even China, not a Democracy is getting ahead, at least in terms of Economy and Politics. They simply don’t have to deal with the hysteria, the BS and the gridlock that goes on with deeply polarizing populist systems."

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    • Does any other country spend YEARS having candidates campaign, either?ETM
    • +1 what a great quote!utopian
    • Yes, it's much easier to rig a game when you don't have to also pretend to the players the whole time that the game isn't itself a nasty affairterry_cloth
    • question is - how do you get rid of low information voters yet maintain legitimate representation?hotroddy
    • Starship troopers!!pango
    • denise richards has my votehotroddy
    • America is a constitutional republic the media and political parties continue to destroy for democracy.Hayoth
    • You never want to live in a democracywhich is rule by majority, because when you are in the minority trouble happens.Hayoth
    • Apply Georges' 5'10" solution and you will have a better world.SocieteAnonyme
    • only tall people get to vote? Tall people are leadershotroddy
    • Some people are more equal than others.SocieteAnonyme
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