uspol 

Now, maybe I'm just being terribly elitist, but I do think that if you are in favor of either price controls or tariffs at this point in human history, you probably shouldn't be allowed to hold office or even vote on the grounds that you have demonstrated a complete and utter lack of capacity to learn a goddamn thing from the roll of history.

uspol 

(Sadly, unlike many state constitutions, the US Constitution does not include a clause banning madmen and idiots from public office. Perhaps it was less clear at the time just how often that would come up.)

uspol 

@cerebrate The problem is there’s no objective way to determine who’s insane (many would say we’re both quite mad).
And IQ tests before voting have a history of being used to deny “undesirables” the right to vote in the States. Especially in the South-east.

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@zarpaulus

Easily solved by putting me in charge of the testing procedure.

By the time I get done inventing a Western version of the Chinese Imperial examinations, I can _guarantee_ that there will be no identifiable demographic that will _not_ feel like I'm screwing them personally.

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