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u/imtransandthatsdope · 2 pointsr/unpopularopinion

A political scientist at Georgetown University actually wrote an entire bok on this called Against Democracy.

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u/laprunminta · 1 pointr/tezos

This sounds like an Epistocracy, which I'm not necessarily opposed to, but voting tests have historically been used to discriminate against minorities.

Voting tests do make sense. After all, we have to get driver's licenses to drive and pass the bar exam to practice law, but we don't have to know anything to elect the President. So the question is, how do you ensure that the voting tests aren't used by those in power to discriminate against minorities and violate their human rights? You'd need a decentralized way to certify that someone is knowledgeable.

You might have read it already, but Jason Brennan's Against Democracy is a really good book on the subject.