The Franchise Should Be Limited

No, IA. That's an example of why they should have the vote.

If you believe they are "hard of thinking", it is your democratic duty to correct and enlighten them(well, their english equivalents). That we do such things is the reason why democracy is so well-functioning.

I vote for the Queen. http://www.avolites.com/avo/jokes/queen.htm
These boys have it totally hosed up.

My English is better than half the people they interviewed :O

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

No, IA. That's an example of why they should have the vote.

If you believe they are "hard of thinking", it is your democratic duty to correct and enlighten them(well, their english equivalents). That we do such things is the reason why democracy is so well-functioning.

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Well that guy did his best but there's no helping some folks. They disagreed with everything when they thought it was Romney but then did a volt-face when it was disclosed that it was Obamas' policies after all.

Politicians, the enemy of the people.

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Originally Posted by InsaneApache

Well that guy did his best but there's no helping some folks. They disagreed with everything when they thought it was Romney but then did a volt-face when it was disclosed that it was Obamas' policies after all.

Politicians, the enemy of the people.

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Now this post is what I consider an argument against democracy:

People give up instantly. "Hard work? Persistance? Things taking a long time? Pfft! Give me my instant reward RIGHT NOW or piss off!"


If you can't teach people, you haven't tried hard enough. Try again. And again. Or if you'd rather have instant pleasure, well, there's an abundance of would-be dictators ready to fill your needs for a month before drastically lowering your standard of living, botching your infrastructure and bring general ruin to you and those you know. Have fun with it, I'm going to stick with the long road of democracy instead, thankyouverymuch.

That was raw tribalism, nothing to do with democracy.

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Originally Posted by InsaneApache

Anyroad back on topic.

This is why some people should'nt have the vote. I think they're called the hard of thinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skw-...layer_embedded

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I knew about most of those things on some level; but then again I usually skim over world news at least once a week and I have a good memory for things (at least for things that are totally irrelevant for my own life)

I suppose that those issues are not featured prominently in the public debate because republicans generally don't disagree with them, or at least don't want to appear "softer" than Obama. The democrats would be mostly silent on in it because he's their incumbent. I've got to give credit to the interviewer for raising awareness, in such an unconventional way.

I'm genuinely surprised that you seriously think limited suffrage is worth considering.

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Originally Posted by InsaneApache

That was raw tribalism, nothing to do with democracy.

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....and the point is that democracy both incentivises and requires you to enlighten those you feel are "not democratic enough".

You need them to wise up for democracy to work. And if you don't do it, you will suffer personally through sub-optimal government.

As Monty would say, GET ON WITH IT!