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Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Raise Voting Age to 25 (or have a "competency test" for people 18-25) (www.thedailybeast.com)

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They are sooooooooooo fucking mad that gen z caused the GOP to get wrecked in the midterms lol. Absolutely fuming.

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[–] Pagliacci@lemmy.ml 116 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, as long as we also have a competency test for retirees as well.

I wonder who scores better?

[–] blterrible@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Competency tests for everyone!

"These are librul questions! The test is BIASED! The hollowcost is a lie! Ain't no Jews get killed in WWII!"

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 3 points 1 year ago

And then someone gets in that decides that “competency” means whatever they want it to mean, and enough of their party mates run with it, and before you know it we’re back to shit like this:

https://i.insider.com/5464ec57ecad044859bb083f

[–] Sendbeer@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

I'm sure he wants to write the competency test as well. I wouldn't count on it to be fair.