Comment on Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.

tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, but a competency test is essential. 50% of the population are below average intelligence.

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  • tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think so. That just creates another way to gatekeep, and that can be corrupted. I’d rather focus on improving education in the first place.

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  • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like an improvement over the current US congress already.

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    • Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think most countries would benefit from a competency test for public office, maybe even a morality assessment…

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The more serious answer to that is that someone then needs to decide what “competent” means. Should a human rights activist be disqualified from office if they’re terrible at math?

        Morality tests are even harder to make apolitically. It’s another avenue of attack that could be used maliciously.

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