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Originally Posted by Anikdote
Is an opinion formed based on a 30 second commercial an opinion that matters?
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To put it quite simply... yes.
Democracy is about legitimacy.
If the electorate is stupid, taking away their right to vote changes nothing (it's not like the undereducated give that much of a (*)(*)(*)(*) about it anyway).
Really the fact that they can vote should inspire good by getting concerned folks to realize the importance of trying to educate the masses and help forge a smarter population... as opposed to trying to further create a society of zombie-like consumers... who predictably cry for help when they fall for the latest marketing trend and spend beyond their means.
But as it is... the latter still ends up being more lucrative for the people who control things without having to go through the trouble of voting.
All taking the vote away from these poor folks would do (aside from creating an elitist and arbitrary standard of who gets to vote) is make them feel more disempowered... On the bright side it might wake people up to just how things are actually run in this country these days (hint: very little to do with votes)... so it seems to me you right-wingers would be voting against your interests to disenfranchise them.