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Well ... if I were going to be precise, I'd prefer that people with >110IQ, Stage 5 on Bob Kagen's 5-stage adult development model, had an interest in politics,
by roenxi 2y ago
Well ... if I were going to be precise, I'd prefer that people with >110IQ, Stage 5 on Bob Kagen's 5-stage adult development model, had an interest in politics, a well developed sense of fairness and evidence-based beliefs were running the show. But that is a big ask and I might not like it when I see it.
Either way, encouraging stupid people to participate is not the way. At best it is a harmless no-change manoeuvre.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoI’d like to see that too, but the way to get citizens with the qualities you desire is, imo, infrastructural and not best done via a filter. Currently, we churn people out of high schools half literate then feed them profit-driven slop on their tvs and phones, then we expect them to somehow make cogent political decisions. I don’t know this for a fact, but my intuition is that if you improved the relevant infrastructure you’d produce a majority population capable of pretty solid political thought, where your solutions more resemble band-aids with undemocratic side-effects. It would be harmless if you did it perfectly, but any real-world anti-voter filter or social pressure would inevitably be used for undesirable, irrational ends.