Hard to tell if they really are... Henry VIII certainly claimed that title through his Erasmian humanitarian education and then used it in a manner that horrified Erasmus by justifying his continuing wars with France and breaking from Rome.

i'm not running for public office. the subject of the topic is "voter education/voting/new democracy" not how one posts on a diablo 2 forum.

oh fender aka heinrich von goebbels, descendant of joseph cares. he mass pmed the same rage essay to multiple users lashing out with a list of demands after he was bamboozled into providing evidence of his own argument being invalid.

No, improving education is not the issue here, this is a low hanging fruit when it comes to explaining the perceived problem here. We are at the height of education globally. More people are going to universities than ever before. The reason a young person is apathetic about politics/economics/etc. is not because they aren't educated, it's because they are immature.

Teenagers and young adults are too preoccupied with technology and social media to give a fuck about learning about economics. Young adults don't show up to vote not because they are uneducated on the consequences of some economic or political action but rather because there's about 80 other things they rather be doing. Drinking, scrolling on face book, going out, video games, sports, etc, you get the picture. How many at the high school level are passionate about learning about Marx compared to looking attractive? It's not about education, it's about the inherent human condition in which people choose fun & comfort over something laborious and not gratifying.

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@Scaly as others pointed out your proposition would actually create a lot of systemic oppression. If only you would take your idea to it's logical conclusion you would see that the people left making the choices would largely be white, middle & upper class, meanwhile the minorities would get no voice. It's a shit proposition and you should be ashamed of it.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Oct 20 2017 09:02am

So. What America did back in the 1700’s before liberal democrats existed?



It used to be that only property owners voted

This post was edited by EndlessSky on Oct 20 2017 09:09am

I like the idea in theory, but I'm concerned that in practice, it will end up being total shit like common core math.

The level of narcissism is amazing right now.

I'm ok with systemic oppression of stupid people.

I did mention this was a free course right? Literally anyone can take it.

that's a very dangerous line of thinking

A 4 year degree from a state university is now free in my state. Guess what? The black family living next to me that has 3 college aged kids in their home, none of them consider going to university, even if it's free.

Like i said, take your ideas to their logical conclusion, you're essentially proposing the bourgeois run society. What do you think eventually happens in realm of politics? Do you think this new class is going to legislate objectively or create legislation that benefits them?

This already exists. Is called a library