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[–] jobes [OP] 3 points (+3|-0)

It was nice back in the day when only landowners could vote, because that meant they really had a stake in the election results. Now I wouldn't support that today, but maybe pass a basic civics test and name X number of people running for different offices.

[–] [Deleted] 3 points (+3|-0)

That would be unenforcable. You can't even require a basic civics test to graduate high school.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Then we should fix the schools to actually be useful again instead of just being glorified daycare centers

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

That would take many decades. The public school system in barely viable. There are many good teachers, but unfortunately, there are too many poor teachers and obsolete curricula protected either by tenure or social position/race/gender/SJWPower to make any fast changes.

It took a long time for schools to become this bad and will take even longer to rectify.