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> We do not test voters for critical thinking skills before they cast a vote, nor on their knowledge of the facts surrounding the issues ...

> We do not test voters for critical thinking skills before they cast a vote, nor on their knowledge of the facts surrounding the issues they will vote on. As much as I would love to see these things done, there is no way to do them in a democracy, because how would you determine the content of the tests? In a democracy, you would have to vote on them, which just brings you back to the same problem.

Posted by pdonis on Jun 14, 2015, 6:22 PM

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> We do not test voters for critical thinking skills before they cast a vote, nor on their knowledge of the facts surrounding the issues ...

pdonisJun 14, 2015, 6:22 PM

> We do not test voters for critical thinking skills before they cast a vote, nor on their knowledge of the facts surrounding the issues they will vote on. As much as I would love to see these things done, there is no way to do them in a democracy, because how would you determine the content of the tests? In a democracy, you would have to vote on them, which just brings you back to the same problem.

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