US Politics on Yik Yak | I can't wrap my head around a system of democracy where folks who think there is a glass dome above our planet are allowed to vote You can't have personal agency to vote if your understanding of the world around you isn't grounded in reality

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I can't wrap my head around a system of democracy where folks who think there is a glass dome above our planet are allowed to vote You can't have personal agency to vote if your understanding of the world around you isn't grounded in reality

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once you start determining who is “informed enough” to vote it’s not democracy anymore democracy doesn’t require perfect understanding, it requires equal participation and changing that would lead us down a slippery slope that would most likely benefit the wealthy and disproportionately affect poc

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