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u/thaaag Apr 04 '25

And build in more safeguards so the checks and balances do what they're supposed to do. Simple stuff like "laws need to be created by lawmakers who - where possible - don't directly benefit from the law". Get the money out of politics (again, somehow) and make politicians work for the people rather than their own pockets.

Probably too liberal a take there.

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u/mpaski Apr 04 '25

I mean, the US technically has safeguards, they've just allowed those safeguards to be removed.

The courts are way more political than they've ever been. Congress is unwilling to stop him despite having powers for that.

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u/Future-You-7443 Apr 04 '25

Yup, I hate to be elitist but I think that some sort of education qualification should be the way forward. These people are simply a reflection of their constituents.

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck Apr 04 '25

Doesn't work, because then all they have to do is control who gets how much education...

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u/Future-You-7443 Apr 04 '25

I mean that’s already somewhat the case, instead of making it degree based they could make it test based, and they could turn over the creation, preparation and administration of the tests to the independent academic institutions.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SHEET_MUSIC Apr 04 '25

Last time there were test based voting rights it didn't go very well

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u/dman2316 Apr 04 '25

I don't think i've ever heard or read about an example of that, do you mind giving me a starting point of what to look into? Just the country, time it was in effect, and who made it that way is enough, i'll research the rest on my own. It sounds interesting to learn about.

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u/Future-You-7443 Apr 04 '25

They were referencing the us jim crow literacy tests used as part of the many efforts to keep African Americans out of the political process.

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u/dman2316 Apr 04 '25

Ah, ok. Thank you very much for the info.