Sometimes (often?) I scratch my head and wonder whether “one man, one vote” makes sense.
Polls routinely reveal that a majority of Americans have marginal knowledge of government, politics, and political issues.
Try this: ask folks to explain the difference between the Federal deficit and the Federal debt … ask them where the money that funds, say unemployment benefits, comes from.
Jason Brennan is a rare breed … a libertarian prof at MSB.
His research is at the nexus of ethics and politics.
He has written an insightful book called The Ethics of Voting
The essence of Jason’s argument is that all adult citizens have the right to vote … but that they shouldn’t exercise that right unless they are informed, rational, and aiming for the common good.
Let’s drill down on that conclusion…
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