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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 617259" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>Uh, "The Curious Republic of Gondor" was a story by Mark Twain where he described a fictional country where the vote was awarded depending on a person's education, and also on their monetary worth. Twain was clearly pointing out that the difference between the two kinds of votes were that the ones based on knowledge and education were 'immortal' and those based on money in pocket were 'mortal', since risky behavior could result in the loss of money. The story was utopian, in the sense that Twain indicated that education and knowledge were more highly valued than mere money.</p><p></p><p>My cynicism is that we have a perverted version of that republic, in that monied special interests control our political process, not the individual voter.</p><p></p><p>It's available in Project Guttenberg if you'd like to read it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 617259, member: 4932"] Uh, "The Curious Republic of Gondor" was a story by Mark Twain where he described a fictional country where the vote was awarded depending on a person's education, and also on their monetary worth. Twain was clearly pointing out that the difference between the two kinds of votes were that the ones based on knowledge and education were 'immortal' and those based on money in pocket were 'mortal', since risky behavior could result in the loss of money. The story was utopian, in the sense that Twain indicated that education and knowledge were more highly valued than mere money. My cynicism is that we have a perverted version of that republic, in that monied special interests control our political process, not the individual voter. It's available in Project Guttenberg if you'd like to read it. [/QUOTE]
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