A literacy test given to black voters in the 1960s.

Do you realize how much better it would be? Our current model of democracy was framed in a different time with a different set of constraints and power influencers in mind. The founding fathers didn't know that Ye Olde Shoppe would turn into Walmart or that Ye Olde Gazette would become Time Warner. American Democracy was designed to support the people of the 18th century and protect them from the tyrants of the old world. But he land of opportunity was so successful that the corporate opportunists have taken over and are using the media to further their interests. The only effective checks and balances we have are litigation but the corporations have more expensive lawyers. We weren't just dumbed down. We've also dumbed ourselves down and we can't afford to have the true interests of the people derailed by the noise of ignorant voters. I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to vote. I'm saying, if you did the work to pay attention and understand your world, your vote is more valuable.

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