Ah, so your priority is that you don't like the voting results of your fellow citizens.

Not so. I'm happy with either choice, as long as the person voting is educated about what they are voting for. Just as I don't mind someone disagreeing on any topic, provided they know why they are disagreeing and have a thought process for it.

Ignorant voting is no better than just choosing randomly.

instead of declaring them unworthy of their franchise.

I don't think anyone is unworthy. But you can't really vote or decide what you prefer if you don't know what you are voting for. Simple as that.

Fear of the ill-educated does not mean they can be repressed -- that treats the problem as inherent instead of a result. It's the obligation of those that "get it" to get more of them to get their own addiction to valid information. Those that can teach, should teach and should get the chance to do it. Sure, many people do not want to teach or are bad teachers. It was an example.

You miss the point. The point is that I don't want to be forced to do shit against my will. As it stands, I live in a free country, and I'd like to keep it that way.

I guess you should ask yourself: if you want to leave so bad, where will you go that will accept you and won't have the same problem? Frankly, the Information Age has flushed a lot of dumb people out of the bushes and into the chat rooms. They aren't just an American problem: they are a density problem.

As it stands, I don't relate to people where I currently am at all. I don't like the same food, the same entertainment, the same day-to-day things, etc. Honestly, I'd just like to go somewhere pretty much completely different.

As for the "intelligence" problem, that's unfortunately something I have to live with. It's obvious that it's a world-wide problem, not just a specific country. I'm just saying mandatory teaching isn't the way to go about fixing it.