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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago (19 children)

This is a bad idea. You would just be creating another layer of gerrymandering.

[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

I mean.... I don't see the comic portraying the idea as good. More just using it as a vehicle to call most people dumb.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 43 points 1 day ago

Nah, the exams wouldn't be mandatory for everyone. You have a degree? Exempt. You graduated from one of the "certified" high schools (the ones in white neighborhoods but we don't call it that wink wink)? Exempt. Passed NRA shooting license exam? Exempt.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Sure. Disenfranchise most people. That's a suitable hack to a
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stable, legitimate, and responsive government.

Even China would have more political legitimacy than such a system. It would collapse almost immediately.

If you ever want a good example of functionalist ideas leading to absolutely uncritical nonsense, here it is.

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[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

And the approved voters just happened to be from the 50 people who controlled the testing.

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