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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Would it be 'moral' to restrict voting on the basis of intelligence and/or knowledge?

No Background in political philosophy, but this question came to me yesterday. I figure that in the modern world, since knowledge is readily available, there should 'theoretically' be a minimum 'knowledge requirement in order to vote. However i'm not sure about restricting voting on the basis of intelligence, Thoughts?
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Some thoughts:

* What is that minimum set of knowledge?
* Who determines that minimum set of knowledge?
* How do you ‘test’ for it?
* How does it include or exclude?
* Can such a system be manipulated, if so, how, and how do you protect against it?
* Can you justify asking for taxes or any other form of payment, homage, etc. while then excluding those from voting if they fail to meet minimum requirements?
* Does your system account for structural/social/… dynamics that reduce the capacity for people to meet a minimum set of knowledge that are outside the direct control of constituents?

Such a system—I would hold—would rapidly descend into aristocracy/technocracy. Personally: improve education generally. (: