Comments by "Not Ap" (@Not-Ap) on "Vivek Ramaswamy on raising the voting age: 'Revival of civic duty' | Will Cain Podcast" video.

  1. A earned privilege won through knowledge and merit. Like a drivers license test.
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  2. We should all the be more Switzerland. There are many many things to admire about your country.
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  3. Yeah it's sad. He has none. He does have some interesting ideas though.
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  4. Except you can't have a functioning Representative Republic, Democracy, or Democratic Republic without them. One is part of the other and vice versa
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  5. Why not both?
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  6. No although perhaps it has that effect. The idea is that if people had to earn the right through merit they might actually value the right more. Not just show up and vote for people because it feels like it's your duty to do so. People should want to do it, but as of now, half of them don't show up anyway.
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  7.  @MrLizardDude1  And a reading comprehension test.
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  8. Why? If people understood that voting was not just a right, but a earned privilege that had to be won through merit, perhaps they might take it more seriously.
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  9. I'm not sure If I agree with the last part but I like everything else.
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