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If you'll be given the chance to test your country's next Presidential candidates, what would it be and why?

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    I don't vote for the president. What's the use of "testing" him (whatever that is).

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      I don't vote for the president. What's the use of "testing" him (whatever that is).

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      And this, dear lemmings, is why fascism and authoritarianism have been gaining traction the past few years

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        Victoria 3 will be a good tell

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          Any politician who can hold their breath under lava for more than 60 seconds can then submit the proper paperwork to begin collecting signatures to get their names added to the primary ballots.

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            And this, dear lemmings, is why fascism and authoritarianism have been gaining traction the past few years

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            I think Americans ought to realise that the role of president in most countries is not similar to the US presidential role. In many countries they are inconsequential figureheads, heck, a lot of countries don't even have presidents.

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              They'd have to be able to run a sub 21 minute 5K. For no other reason than it'd remove a lot of politicians from the running (DYSWIDT).

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                And this, dear lemmings, is why fascism and authoritarianism have been gaining traction the past few years

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                I thought rise of fascism was mainly reponsibility of people who vote for fascists and candidates who have nothing to suggest to fight fascism and make people lives better but I guess I was wrong.

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                  Citizenship exam.

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                    We don't have "Presidents" here but rather Prime Ministers. but:

                    Proper background checks. too many cases of people in power putting on a friendly face to get elected only to reveal their true nature right after being elected. if they are actively supporting people with anti trans (ie JK Rowling) or pro Zionist/genocidal views while saying "I'm a trans ally" that's a red flag you've got a candidate who isn't honest

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                      We already have some reasonable tests you can apply now, like how many lies do they tell each day (I'd like to use a longer time unit, but well, the bar has moved). Or how do they stand with decent human values or policy positions. People don't seem too good at applying those tests, I'm not sure how some other tests would help matters.

                      Maybe if candidates magically turned some bright color to show how much a peice of shit they were, people could learn to use that, that seems simple enough for even the really dim, but I expect they'd fail to use that too.

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                        The president in germany doesnt really matter

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                          Spelling the word onomatopoeia.

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                            I thought rise of fascism was mainly reponsibility of people who vote for fascists and candidates who have nothing to suggest to fight fascism and make people lives better but I guess I was wrong.

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                            Political extremists are more likely to consistently vote. When fewer people vote overall due to apathy, that makes it far easier for extremists to take control

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                              Political extremists are more likely to consistently vote. When fewer people vote overall due to apathy, that makes it far easier for extremists to take control

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                              Except, there is no definition of "political extremist" here. Is someone far-left an extremist? What about someone in a "center" party? I call the first one a non-extremist and the second one a extremist. Someone who votes for the centre may say otherwise. I don't get your point. The ones responsible for the rise of fascism are people who vote for fascists, end of story 🤷

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                                I'm not a lawyer, but some sort of mental competency test, whether it be a legal bar exam or that battery of tests people took in high school where you were given 3 pictures and were told to pick the next logical picture according to the given sequence.

                                Reason: it's an objective assessment that rules out any sort of hearsay, name-calling, lies/fake news, fear mongering, emotional manipulation, etc.

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