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~25% of American adults are functionally illiterate

That ~25% of American adults is too dumb to deserve to vote. You should be able to show some kind of basic intelligence and common sense in order to have a say in how a country should be run – it should be based on merit. I even have a name for that: meritocracy!

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prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
In representative democracy even dumb people deserve representation.

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That idea gets too sticky, too fast. Look up Southern literacy tests for black people. Complete nightmare.

Reminds me of my friend applying for his concealed weapon permit in Alabama. You had to submit a form, and a picture, to the local sheriff. Told him, “Good thing you’re a middle-aged white guy!”

Still, I feel ya. Over half of Americans read at a 6th-grade level and our President speaks at a 4th-grade level. Obama spoke at a 10th-grade level and the hate wasn’t all down to racism. Americans are so fucking dumb, they were insulted, felt he was talking over their head to be a snotty, over-educated, “I’m better than you.”, type. Or as we call it in the South, “uppity”.

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- Soup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  “Why are you being mean to me?!?!”
  
  “…I’m sorry for being a little flustered but I really don’t know what you’re talking about.”
  
  “You’re doing it again!”
  
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