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Why must all the people be entitled to vote?
I think it's very dangerous because it's just like permitting all the people to drive a car without a license.
I guess that people were allergic to inequality after the long unjust reign of feudalism when they started this democratic society or world. But first of all, not all the people are intelligent enough to elect right politicians to entrust their rights. So I think they should have limited the right to vote to a right only to get a license to vote on condition that one can pass the examination, say, like a driver's license. That is a sufficient condition enough to treat all the people equally. Don't you think so?
I think that giving all the people a right to vote unconditionally (when they reach a certain age) is too much emotional and irresponsible. That only brings bad results especially for unintelligent people who do not know what goes on around them in reality. Bad politicians tend to abuse their ignorance to get a power and the society will reach mobocracy in the end. Japan is truly in this situation now.
In the system of democracy, education performs very important part of course. People are expected to acquire the knowledge to be a voter through education, but you know, the educational system itself had ruined here long ago as I said before.
If it's not, as a voter in an advanced country, we need to know more complicated things internationally than people in developing countries because, like it or not, our politicians must be one of the leaders in the world of international politics and management. How can we select politicians without broad knowledge over the international situation? Nevertheless, a lot of college graduates cannot understand even English. That is our educational system now. I think all our hopes had already gone.
Well, it's a pity but not all the people (including me) are intelligent enough to acquire those complicated knowledge. I think it's not easy for most of us. Selecting a member of a local assembly is one thing, selecting a member of the Diet is another thing at least. So I think a qualifying examination is essential before you entitle people to vote.
Each man has his forte. So, if one is not intelligent enough to be a voter, it doesn't mean he/she is useless. One's way of life is more important than that when the subject comes to the worth of a person. Moreover, I think voting irresponsibly without necessary knowledge is the worst thing to do for your society and the world. This is one of the important points when we think about improvement of the system of democracy.
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