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If a voter is too inept to properly operate cryptography, can it be said that their vote is legitimate? Seems to me that not everyone should vote.
by someguydave 3y ago
If a voter is too inept to properly operate cryptography, can it be said that their vote is legitimate? Seems to me that not everyone should vote.
- loup-vaillant 3y agoYeah, I’ve heard variations of that argument spoken non-ironically. Opens a whole can of worm. I’d rather assume, barring special circumstances, that anyone old enough is able to do politics (voting, being elected, being randomly drafted in a commission or jury…). With the right mechanisms groups are smarter than we give them credit for.
- someguydave 3y agoThis "can of worms" is why democracy will fail and a Caesar will eventually ride into town and promise all kinds of things to the median voter. If it is considered immoral to hold voters to any standards, why would it be immoral for politicians to lie, cheat and steal?