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It is questionable whether people foolish enough to vote via SMS should be considered competent enough to vote in the first place. But then it is the failure o
by vfclists 4y ago
It is questionable whether people foolish enough to vote via SMS should be considered competent enough to vote in the first place.
But then it is the failure of due diligence of educational system to teach from an early age how democracy works and how to participate in it.
People are trained to be doctors, lawyers, technologists etc, but the basic social skill of participating in democracy is not taught, when in fact it is the most important skill.
That and money management skills.
- c0llision 4y agoI somewhat agree, but at the same time, e-voting via internet and phone has been a thing in Estonia since the 90's. I think it's a terrible idea, but it's how it's done there. I don't think it would be that foolish for people to believe the same concept could be brought into the US, especially if it was under some strange situation like a pandemic. There are even a bunch of blockchain-based startups trying to push the idea, claiming it can be done securely with modern cryptography (which is not true IMO).
- giraffe_lady 4y ago> It is questionable whether people foolish enough to vote via SMS should be considered competent enough to vote in the first place. It's not remotely questionable come on.