The idea is simple: In a modern world, there are a lot of people who simply fail at fostering democracy, but actively harm it when casting their vote. These forces need to be clamped down upon for the good of all and this planet in general.

What woule be reasons to deny the right to vote? Here are a few, but this list is not exhaustive.

  • Is antivatx
  • Denies clinate change (or is a “sceptic”)
  • Is a religious funfamentalist
  • Sees queer people as sick freaks
  • Believes in some form of race or gender essentialism
  • Shills for billionares or big tech
  • Likes generative AI and LLMs and sees them as the future

All these mostly boil down to a denial of objective, measurable reality and general anti-empiricist perspectives, mixed with personal tendencies that are simply abhorrent to a flourishing, tolerant society.

Or, to be a bit more blunt: Why the fork does a right-wing dipshit with not enough IQ to boil water be even allwowed close to a ballot box, yet alone have their mental missfires discussed with any shed of serious tone, when all they deserve is laughter and mockery at best?

Disenfranchising people who vote for the destruction of the planet is morally correct and with the ammout of propaganda by the Epstein-Class being pumped into the every information space, we might need to do this sooner then later…

I did not overly consider a certain method of enforcement for this idea, just the “moral” aspect, since the means are pure logisitics in the end.

English is my second language, you can drink a shot for every error you come across.

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    This is an idea often put forth without much thought. In the short term it sounds simple and straigtforward. But as soon as you are not in power, or there is a disagreement, the system is rife for corruption. This is not the way. Proper education and equal access to resources and education are the better way to solve this. Which is exactly why authoritarians attack and corrupt institutions and education systems and why authoritarians institute the same kind of voter supression mechanisms like you’re advocating for.