• xerazal@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    I mean the Jim crow literacy test thing was used against voters. These are people that are supposed to govern. I kinda draw a distinction there.

    Yes I do believe that voters and the press should be caring more and asking more revealing questions, but media literacy in this country is low, voter involvement is low, and our press is nothing more than arms of the ruling class so they rarely ever ask the necessary questions to allow voters to truly understand who’s on the ballot.

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      4 months ago

      I mean the Jim crow literacy test thing was used against voters. These are people that are supposed to govern. I kinda draw a distinction there.

      If we had any sort of “you must pass this test to be an elected official”, it would without a doubt be used against minorities.

      I would love to have that kind of test, but I don’t know how to have one that wouldn’t be corrupted.