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re: How would policy making be different if we acknowleged
Posted on 10/21/17 at 11:59 am to Zach
Posted on 10/21/17 at 11:59 am to Zach
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When I read about convicts who spend a year plotting a complicated plan to escape prison I think 'they could have put that kind of discipline to honest work instead of being a criminal.'
Being in business,or anything else. This is where they have been failed by their community and their political leaders. They had the message from within,that they have no hope,there is only 1 path for them.Unless they want to be an uncle Tom.
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Posted on 10/21/17 at 12:12 pm to bamafan1001
Paying taxes could mean dunce inherited.
Posted on 10/21/17 at 5:13 pm to baybeefeetz
I feel like who you’re describing are what Aristotle considered “natural slaves” which seem to be a perpetual subclass of people that exist in a society that for whatever reason are able bodied but can not seem to figure out how to help themselves and need someone else to help them help themselves.
If this group of people are only beneficial to be pandered to as a voting block and don’t really contribute anything positive to their society, then it can make sense for them not to have a say in elections.
The difficulty lies in determining what criteria is used to identify them, and where to draw the line.
If this group of people are only beneficial to be pandered to as a voting block and don’t really contribute anything positive to their society, then it can make sense for them not to have a say in elections.
The difficulty lies in determining what criteria is used to identify them, and where to draw the line.
Posted on 10/21/17 at 7:54 pm to auggie
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Yeah,they had no idea welfare shite was going to happen,they expected stupid people to get weeded out through natural selection. Welfare throws a monkey wrench into that shite.
This.
Also, people weren't protected from their own stupidity.
Stupidity doesn't have any predators left. So, it has flourished.
This post was edited on 10/21/17 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 10/21/17 at 8:00 pm to Bard
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Understanding of the common man's ignorance was also part of why the Electoral College was created for electing the President instead of a straight majority vote.
Uhh... You need to read.
Posted on 10/21/17 at 8:06 pm to baybeefeetz
The problem I see is there's way too many dumbasses who don't know they're a dumbass. Don't know if making some policy requiring everyone to take an IQ test and then let the results be public record so we can identity all the dumbasses would help, but it's a start.
This post was edited on 10/21/17 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 10/21/17 at 8:08 pm to bmy
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Then why does practicing taking an IQ test increase your score
Any test can be improved with repetition only because, there are a limited number of permutations of anything.
However, a legitimate iq test should be difficult to study for and initial testing is probably the best indication.
Posted on 10/21/17 at 8:11 pm to baybeefeetz
You need a 4th grade reading level to be a welder.
You need 15+ years to be a plastic surgeon to give a transsexual man boobs.
Who has the higher right to vote?
You need 15+ years to be a plastic surgeon to give a transsexual man boobs.
Who has the higher right to vote?
Posted on 10/21/17 at 8:14 pm to TaderSalad
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Plenty of high IQ types are completely social retards and possess the common sense of a rock.
As another stated, IQ is not the end all be all.
Some people are educated beyond their intelligence and some people are intelligent beyond their educations.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 4:54 am to bamafan1001
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Simple, only people who pay taxes vote.
We live in the effective extreme version of this vision. IN many ways we live in a plutocracy now where while suffrage is not determined by what one has or pays in taxes policy and law are basically bought by those with money and power.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 4:57 am to baybeefeetz
Im sure the founders could not have envisioned cowboy clown representatives
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