• laranis@lemmy.zip
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    5 个月前

    Eight years ago I would have agreed. But, I think we’ve demonstrated the short comings of putting authority for our most important policies in the hands of your average citizen.

    I don’t have a better answer, mind you. Hopefully someone way further right on the “average citizen” bell curve has better ideas.

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      5 个月前

      Where did we put authority for our most important policies in the hands of average citizens?

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      5 个月前

      If we required an IQ test and general knowledge test equally of all parties and eliminated all those who don’t know anything about what’s going on and those 10% or more below average we would have a better run country save for the Republicans revolting and committing acts of terrorism.

      If we divided the country all the rurals would have the option of moving to Trumpistan