Democracy 2.0
As we all know by now Democracy is only an effective form of Government when you weed out the retards. Otherwise you end up with America.
Trolling aside, I think that Democracy could be improved in several ways but foremost among these is the voting process. Voting – for those of us who live under a rock – is when a society gets together and puts its opinion in a box. These opinions are counted and the one that turns up the most wins. In a True Democracy you get to vote for your leader and he then makes decisions. There are multiple parties and etc. Etc.
The problem is that you get people who are idiots. That’s not YOU of course, god forbid, but its everyone else who doesn’t agree with you. Regardless, they shouldn’t be in charge of the country because they can barely keep charge of their car/marriage/children/whatever. Democracy makes these idiots equal to non-idiots.
BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS. We can fix them. All we need to do is educate them. But how do you encourage Billy Bob Smith to read up on politics instead of watching Faux News (see what I did there). It’s simple really: he takes a test before he votes on the policies of the major parties. He passes and his vote counts, he fails and his vote does not. Simple. The test would be anywhere between 1 – 2 hours long and while not being EXHAUSTIVE it would cover the important bits on political policies about current affairs, stances on defence etc.
How would the test be decided upon?
The same way they decide on University tests etc. The goal of the test is to ensure the subjects have a comprehensive knowledge on the policies of the major parties. Questions to be chosen accordingly.
But EVIL KOMMUNISTS USE SECRET TEST TO TAKE OVER.
After the election the test and its answers would be made freely available, along with you being able to access AT LEAST your own test paper (online, probably). If the test is ruled TOO KOMMUNIST by a specially appointed court then the process is redone.
Political bias by the test markers?
Crosscheck the tests. A lot.
It’s too much effort to study for a test!
Nothing in this world worth having comes easy. If you want competent leaders picked by a qualified voting base then you had better be prepared to accept that PERHAPS it might take some god damn work on your behalf. Stop being a lazy faggot and get interested in your country’s politics. You should ALREADY be studying the pros and cons of each major party. The government shouldn’t HAVE to force you to with threats.
It’d cost too much!
RAISE TAXES. FUCK THE POOR.
But seriously, it might cost a pretty penny (I don’t actually know but let’s assume it does for safety’s sake) but it’d be worth it. Spend less on whatever useless black hole DARPA (moar liek DERPA amirite?) is sinking funds into.
Nobody would bother voting because it’s too much effort.
Make it mandatory. If it’s still just too much effort then hand in a blank sheet of paper. Easy.
In conclusion:
Everybody can vote. They just have to actually know a rat’s ass about current politics for their vote to count. There’s no bullshit IQ testing or anything, if you pass the test your vote counts. If you don’t, better luck next time.
Now then, where’s the glaring flaw I’m missing.