My implication was actually not to make assumptions, one way or another. But I do take your point. I tend, as a matter of principle, to try to assume the highest capability of others unless proven wrong.
Here's an even stickier question for you, now that we've wandered off the path. How do you feel about these people (I'll call them a basket of incapables) voting?
>Here's an even stickier question for you, now that we've wandered off the path. How do you feel about these people (I'll call them a basket of incapables) voting?
This is a good question , though not one which is too interesting. I think it's largely hypothetical since I believe voter turnout amongst the group I was speaking about would be abysmal. Nevertheless, I think I can answer definitively: I actually like the non-mandatory system America has, but I don't like the artificial impediments to voting that we've been seeing lately and for most of our history. So, in general, I would oppose almost any form of disenfranchisement, but I also don't really feel like someone that doesn't otherwise care enough to vote really needs to vote, or that they even should. ...and I'd oppose any form of mandatory voting like some nations have tried.
Interestingly, for much of my youth, I did not vote. Primarily, this was because I felt inadequately informed on the respective issues to be qualified to vote on them. I also felt like my opinion was too easily swayed and misled by information that wasn't in fact substantive at the end of the day.
I now vote, but I only fill out my ballot for issues which I feel I am informed enough to vote on. This means I usually only vote on 40-50% of the items on the ballot.
Here's an even stickier question for you, now that we've wandered off the path. How do you feel about these people (I'll call them a basket of incapables) voting?