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So the poor shouldn't be able to vote?

Let's come out and say it: this is a policy designed to consolidate power in the hands of the rich.

Universal suffrage is important.



If it were so important you’d think people would treat it as such, and yet a look at any election or referendum shows the majority simply do not. Indeed the USA, that great “exporter of democracy” has turned their right to vote into something akin to duelling religions, or sports teams.

Low information voting isn’t new either.

If it helps, I’d also stop the elderly from getting a vote once they’re within x years of the average life expectancy for their gender. If you’re not going to have to live with the consequences, you really shouldn’t be getting a say in things.


I agree that low information voting is problematic.

But don't use that as an excuse to disenfranchise the poor. Poor people are often better informed the richer people.


>Poor people are often better informed the richer people.

I wouldn't be surprised, but I'm still going to ask for some proof to the above?




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