@brewsterkahle "and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to *inform their discretion by education*.”
Maybe you can point me to the right direction about this: today we see pretty clearly how un/mis/disinformed masses can ruin democracies, yet I see very little push for basing voting rights on education/knowledge. Why is that? (I know the "literacy tests" in the US were badly abused but this doesn't mean that fair systems are impossible)
I don't expect a full explanation, would be happy with some pointers.