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> every poor ignorant impoverished

There's some serious bias here. There are poor and impoverished people who are not ignorant. There are also ignorant millionaires. The moment you start saying who shouldn't be voting, make sure you realise how many people think you shouldn't be voting either.

At an extreme of that, see what the threshold of "rich" is for people saying "eat the rich".

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I thought someone might interpret it that way, which is why I quickly edited to say "or rich" as well. However, you must admit that the ignorant poor vastly outnumber the ignorant rich.

The poor vastly outnumber the rich, so what point are you making exactly?

precisely that one, that the poor vastly outnumber the rich

So doesn't it stand to reason that the poor should have a greater say in the operation of our government than the rich do, given that vast outnumbering?

In the same way highly intelligent poor outnumber the highly intelligent rich. + some slight skew due to living in poverty actually impacting your development, but it's not enough to overcome the overall distribution.

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