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The problem with the principle of epistocracy is the implementation. When what's at stake is control of an entire country, huge amounts of resources will be dir
by strken 7y ago
The problem with the principle of epistocracy is the implementation. When what's at stake is control of an entire country, huge amounts of resources will be directed towards subverting any system that you create.
What's good enough for the purposes of immigration control isn't necessarily good enough for the purposes of voting. A civics exam would select the most motivated groups who are willing to cram, as well as the knowledgeable, and there's no guarantee that the latter would outnumber the former. You want motivated immigrants who are willing to study in order to enter your country, but you don't necessarily want to restrict voting to the group of people who are most willing to put in effort, because that group includes everyone on the political fringe.
- IIAOPSW 7y ago>What's good enough for the purposes of immigration control isn't necessarily good enough for the purposes of voting. Did you read section 2? The immigration exam is only a third of the questions on my proposed ballot. >You want motivated immigrants who are willing to study in order to enter your country, but you don't necessarily want to restrict voting to the group of people who are most willing to put in effort, because that group includes everyone on the political fringe. Did you read section 3.1/3.2? Unless "the fringe" is 80% of people, voting will not be restricted to only the fringe under 3.1. It is less clear how the alternative proposal 3.2 skews the weights of extremists.