Every election cycle, I scratch my head and wonder blasphemously whether “one man, one vote” makes sense.
Surveys 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 business prof at Georgetown.
His research is at the nexus of ethics and politics.
He wrote an insightful book called The Ethics of Voting that I consider a classic.
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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