democracy, is it really such a good thing?

[vanordinaire]

I live in Scotland and in case you didn't notice we just had a referendum. Every fool and his dog had an opinion and spouted it freely. The amount of absolute nonsense going about (from both sides of the argument) was ridiculous but it was aimed at the stupid majority and they believed it all so the result went to the side who managed to convince most idiots.
Wouldn't it be better if we only let clever people vote? Or if everyone has to have a say, give more weighting to votes dependant on the voter's IQ? Or an aptitude test before you can get on the electoral role?
There must be a way to avoid major decisions being made on the basis of spin and soundbites and personality. Any sugestions

[vanordinaire]

[quote=Breadvan72 What was that about clever people again?

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Sorry, I'll give you the dependent/dependant one, I'd missed that then I clicked the send button while editing , the last bit was meant to say 'Any suggestions would be welcome'

Some people can be too clever sometimes though.