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American democracy does not give special preference to information content of a voter, nor should it. Did you skip the entire Jim Crow era of history where the
by drawkward 2y ago
American democracy does not give special preference to information content of a voter, nor should it. Did you skip the entire Jim Crow era of history where the racially-presumed information content of a particular voter was used to disenfranchise those voters, even spuriously?
Our constitution does not begin, "We, the highly-informed people..."
Anything else, and you are no longer talking democracy.
- MacsHeadroom 2y agoOur constitution established a republic, not a democracy. The drafters famously despised democracy. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6371 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6371
- drawkward 2y agoYawn-inducing attempt at sleight of hand. Despite being a republic, we nevertheless select our representatives democratically. I vote directly on state-level constitutional amendments.