• Razzazzika
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    1 day ago

    It would have to be coupled with assurances that all children are fetting and equal civics education to avoid the whole segregated schools being crappy thing.

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      1 day ago

      Fair enough. IIRC there’s a mandatory civics test to complete 8th grade nationwide which was, ostensibly, intended to prevent electoral problems like this

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        1 day ago

        This is false.

        At most, I see state level requirements like this

        And, yeah, poll tests are classic Jim crow tactics.

        Here’s an example of what to expect from the red states, especially after the Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act.

        Instead of blaming the voters that showed up to vote, please reflect on why 10 million people who voted for Biden simply didn’t vote for Harris and think about how elitist thoughts like “being too stupid to vote” in a democracy are the root of the problem.

        Instead of calling voters stupid, try to understand why they feel hopeless under the current regime so that the Dems can re-establish the working class solidarity and big tent coalition that gave Obama a confortable majority. There is not path to 270 that can neglect the very real and tangible concerns of those “idiots”.