I've been sitting on this thought for quite awhile as well.
But we have to accept reality that most, meaning over %50 of people, don't care and are actually sheep willing to be herded, and wanting to be herded and or lead.
Not only this, but we also have to accept that the majority of the population is just too fucking stupid to handle liberty. We started out with liberty. Over time, little by little, generation after generation, fucking idiots do something incredibly stupid with that liberty and the result is almost always the removal of said liberty. Not mitigation of stupidity, just removal of freedoms for everyone. Liberties and freedoms do not come back once removed from a society, generally speaking.
Want to suggest a tiered system based on IQ and character... to keep idiots in check. But of course, that would system just be abused eventually, like everything else.
I think it would be interesting to see what would happen if the right to vote was reserved for those who volunteered to pay an income tax.
and if any social handout programs even exist under that system, no one who is receiving gov money or is an employee of the government should be allowed to vote for conflict of interest purposes.
I don't know, but yes, the sheep will need to be shamelessly herded. We need cultural leadership in some strong form.
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