Comment Re:Idiocracy feels more like the current society (Score 1) 108
It's not that some some people should be prevented from voting, but rather what they vote on should be significantly simplified. Evaluating the capabilities of a candidate who is significantly smarter than you are is very hard. That's what we're asking voters to do, and as expected, they do very poorly.
A better approach is to only ask questions that people can reliably answer. For example, since almost everyone knows whether their own life is getting better or worse, that should the one and only question on the ballot. If enough people agree that their life is getting worse, then the entire government is thrown out and a new one is randomly chosen.