Sometimes, the majority is DUMB!

The right to vote should not be universal. It is too big a power and carries with it too grave a responsibility that it should not be for every person in this country. The concept of eliminating the “idiot vote” is becoming more and more reasonable given the political situation of the country and populist tendencies of our people.

If we give every adult in this country the right to vote, we will have the decision of the majority and, sad to say but true, the majority does not know squat about good governance. More precisely, the majority does not know squat about governance at all.

The majority decision is not always the best procedure because it results in the “average” decision. In other words, the decision arrived at will be a mediocre one.

Think of it this way: In a chess match between Kasparov and the world, wherein six billion people would vote for the moves against Kasparov’s, the resulting move would be the one most people agreed on. In which case, the clever moves decided by the very few chess masters would be overridden by the vast majority who does not even have a clue on how chess is played. When it comes to majority decision, Kasparov would easily beat the entire world population. Yet, if we choose only 10 of the best chess players among the billions of human beings, they might have a pretty good chance of beating Kasparov in a chess game.

The same analogy is applicable to electing public officials. The right to vote should be tempered with the proper qualifications to vote. Just as we don’t allow anybody to drive our public transport (or maybe we do, and that explains MM’s horrible traffic), we should also scrutinize each and everyone’s ability to choose and decide the country’s leaders.

Sometimes, I just feel like waiving my right of suffrage!