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capybara 1 month ago
We can always discuss if 35 or 30 years old, IQ 100 or 90, minimum property size etc, but there must be minimum requirements. I know a lot of people that drive well after drinking a bottle of wine, still the system takes into account that way too many people drive recklessly after drinking. A requirement will always find a good exception left out, and we either accept it or we keep using systems as they are now.

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I meant: Age is a noisy signal. Could still be useful in a points-based system, but if it were actually as useful as people expect the West wouldn't be like this. IQ tests are normed to erase gender and cultural differences, and the result is mostly noise, not "g". Useless, or nearly so. Any restriction that can be gamed will be. And those that game it best will be organised political factions, to enfranchise their fan club and disenfranchise everybody else. A losing game, don't play, Representative Democracy is just a circus fronting for tyranny. Direct democracy degenerates into circus too when people are asked to vote on matters they feel no personal stake in. Less government is the best remedy. Less, and local. Protocols, not platforms, and markets, not monopolies.
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Based Truth 1 month ago
Minimum requirements set by whom, Gates or Schwab?