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tive way of gaining the franchise would be for those who have
attained at least the rank of E-5 in the U.S. armed forces. Citizens
of such attainment will have shown discipline, intelligence, and
practical achievement. What is better, such screens (unlike Brennan's) would give no special advantages to political obsessives
who have spent an unhealthy amount of their time on what Brennan assures us are the corrupting activities of democratic deliberation. No hooligans here.
This is, of course, nonsense. Proprietors and sergeants are, perhaps, just as likely to act the part of the hooligan as professors of
political philosophy. But, as in immigration, Brennan tailors things
to his biography and his interests. Whether it is immigration, or
abortion, or the construction of voting screens, one keeps hearing Lincoln's question to the political philosopher: "Will Dr. Ross
[or Dr. Brennan] be actuated by that perfect impartiality, which
has ever been considered most favorable to correct decisions?"
Can anyone be trusted to have that impartiality? In his defense
of "epistocracy," Brennan argues that voters (even ignorant voters) vote for what they consider the community interest rather
than for their own narrow, selfish interests. Therefore, the epistocrats will also vote for the community interest-just with better
knowledge.
Which brings us to Mitt Romney's famous "47 percent" gaffe.
According to the Mother Jones magazine transcript, Romney
referred to 47 percent of Americans as deadbeats who "are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who
believe that government has a responsibility to care for them,
who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it" and who can never be convinced "that they
should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
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