It isn’t possible to have equality. It’s been tried again and again in history, giving everybody a vote, and… — Poul Anderson
It isn’t possible to have equality. It’s been tried again and again in history, giving everybody a vote, and it’s always failed—always, in a few generations, the worse politicians drove out the better. Because by definition, half the people always have below-average intelligence; and the average is not high.
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