• Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    The problem in democracy is, that instead of a minimum IQ, there is a minimum age for voting rights.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      1 hour ago

      IQ is pretty much a bullshit statistic that largely correllates to education and economic standing than anything else. There isn’t some grand variance in intelligence, actually, what’s at play is competing class interests and socioeconomic factors determining diet and access to education.