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If I could take away rights from stupid people legally and fairly, I would do it instantly and with no regret. IDGAF if it’s your genetics, parents, education system, IQ, disability, whatever. Idgaf. You’re stupid and need to SHUT UP
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Anonymous 5d

In your own words, how would you define stupid?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Idk. I’m trying to think of a way to do it fairly and objectively

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

I think intelligence is relative. I may be super smart, but I know nothing about repairing a car. If a car mechanic told me to shut up because I didn’t understand, I wouldn’t be offended. In that circumstance, the car mechanic would be the smart one. He is good at his job based on his own merit. But idk how to apply this society wide

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

So we should take away your rights because you don’t know how to repair a car.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

I feel like giving simple cause & effect questions with objective answers & all relevant information would be the most fair. Ex. If it would hurt 99.9% of the population, but provide a financial incentive to the billionaires of this country, is it a good idea for the average American to vote for that initiative? If they say yes, then they no longer get voting rights, driving rights, custody of any children, etc. They’re so stupid it’s a risk to the rest of society.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5d

Ahh yes take rights away from people because u know what’s best for them. Doesn’t this sound a little like a dictatorship?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5d

The right to repair a car yeah.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5d

Ah yes, keep the voting population stupid so we never change leadership and the rich control everything forever because it’s easier to manipulate a bunch of idiots than to organize them into doing good for themselves.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

So we should make education easier and more accessible instead of trying to exclude people from voting. I assume that’s the only right u wanna get rid of and not civil rights as well.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Some sort of “Turing” test that proves you’re able to solve problems and think critically.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5d

You can only make something so accessible before it starts hurting people at the top. The people at the bottom will always find an excuse not to study.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5d

I’m not talking about just college. We could make trade schools and apprenticeships, but your solution is to just say these people are a lost cause and shouldn’t be able to vote. Why should people who have no say in voting for senators be subject to the laws they mandate?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5d

We can’t expand education access because the political parties in power don’t want us to be educated. We need to stop the cycle somehow. I vote for putting dumb people in forced schools with no rights until they’re not dumb anymore

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5d

So you’re telling me someone who can’t study or refuses to learn should vote on very sensitive and controversial topics? I can “teach” a man to fish but if they refuse to learn he’ll starve not me.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

I wouldn’t mind this as much actually if you put the right to vote behind an associates degree or certificate of a trade, but I think u couldn’t hide it behind a paywall. So community college/trade schools would have to be free.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5d

That is not the same thing at all. Stupid people exist in every country and contribute their fair share to society. It’s like if he got the earth worms for the fisherman and untangled the line but isn’t given a fair share of the fish for his labor.

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