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Democracy.  It’s the foundation of our country’s system of government.  It has worked pretty damned well for us too.  However, it has been responsible for some fairly stupid decisions as time goes on.  One example of Democracy failing us is illustrated by the election of little George Bush as the president of our fine country.  How could such a moron be elected to run our country?  How could we allow him to be elected for a second term?

I’ll tell you how…  because a portion of our society’s recent college grads can’t even find America on a world map. 
Another portion, nearly 75% of the country’s youth in fact, believes that the majority of the world’s population speaks English. 

If you just take five minutes to watch the following video…  Stupid Americans,   you’ll have one of two reactions…  the first reaction will be total dumbfoundedness at the ignorance of the common American citizen.  The second reaction will be that you empathize with the folks being questioned and it’s those of you who feel this emotion that concern me the most.

Why?  Because these ignorant individuals are the majority.  These are the fools that cast their votes.  These are the people that elected such a moron as little George Bush as the president eight years ago.

It’s frightening for me to think that these are the people who are the majority.  The people who can’t even name one country that begins with the letter ‘U’.  These are the people who’s voices are the loudest.  They are the loudest because there are more of them.

However, there is a solution and it is easily implemented.  The solution is weighted voting.  Weighted votes would work like this.  We are all tested against our peers throughout our early years in school.  Standardized tests are given from kindergarten all the way through high school.  These tests show us how we rate against others of close age in areas such as mathematical and linguistic skills.  They show us how we fare against others so far as our capacity for logical reasoning and critical thinking.  In short… standardized tests separate the stupid from the smart.

Now, weighted voting would take the results of these tests and use the results to add a multiplier to our votes.  In such a system, a person who scored low on the standardized tests would not have his vote count for as much as one who scored high.  This would allow for the less intelligent citizens to still have a vote but, it would also allow for those who are more intelligent to actually have a greater impact on governmental decisions.

Some folks may cry that this is akin to the old testing that was invented to prevent negros from voting back in the day but, that would be ignorant as this method is not racially motivated in any way.  If you want to have a stronger voice in our government, you would have to prove that you are capable of supporting your decisions.

I’m sure that this is going to sound offensive to a great deal of those who read this article but, to be honest, if you find this method offensive, you’re probably one of those who would have a lesser weighted vote anyway.

Democracy needs to evolve with us as we grow into our maturity as a nation.  Letting every man have equal say may have worked back when our population was measured in the hundreds of thousands but, in this day and age, we’ve grown to a population of hundreds of millions and, well, not all men are created equal.  It’s an honest fact that some are naturally born stupid and others are born brilliant.  A simple bell curve will show the distribution and, the majority would still have a strong voice but, the intellectual individuals of America would have a stronger voice than they currently have.

I love my country, don’t get me wrong.  I just feel that our government is growing less effective with each passing year.  The reason for this is that as our population increases, so to does the ignorance.  Just have a look at the numbers.  It’s all public record and the results are frightening.

As our power as a nation grows… so too does our ignorance.

Make a difference and admit it.

Admit that there are folks smarter than you that should have a stronger voice.

It’s obvious that a great portion of you would rather watch football and drink beer than to actually make a vote for a leader that involved a little bit of research on your part.

Suck it up and take the time to write your congressman.  Recommend that you are in favor of weighted voting.  C’mon, it won’t take long.  Put down the beer and the remote and pick up a pen and paper.

Let’s make a difference.

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