I've been saying for years that we should go back to requiring land ownership to be permitted to vote. It's not a popular opinion, but I don't see how it's a bad idea.
Every year we get our tax schedule from our county, some from the state too, and we attend meetings to discuss matters surrounding local taxation, and then we pay those taxes. People who rent or crash on mom and dad's couch don't have a clue. Then when they get jobs and get out on their own, they rage against whoever is in office in DC without understanding how taxation, or even representation, works.
Being a citizen in a Constitutional Republic is not meant to be easy. It's meant to be deliberative, critical, and slow-moving. The march toward popular democracy is terrifying, because it's the singular step needed to allow ne'er-do-well politicians the leverage required to turn the wheels of American government fully toward socialism.
“I’ve been saying for years that we should go back to requiring land ownership to be permitted to vote. It’s not a popular opinion, but I don’t see how it’s a bad idea.”
An absolutely sound idea which preserves the constitutional integrity.