72:9.8 The schools of [[statesmanship]] have [[power]] to start [[proceedings]] in the state [[courts]] looking toward the disenfranchisement of any [[Degenerate|defective]], idle, indifferent, or [[criminal]] [[individual]]. These people [[recognize]] that, when fifty per cent of a nation is inferior or defective and [[possesses]] the ballot, such a nation is [[doomed]]. They believe the [[dominance]] of [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre mediocrity] spells the downfall of any [[nation]]. Voting is [[compulsory]], heavy fines being assessed against all who fail to cast their ballots. | 72:9.8 The schools of [[statesmanship]] have [[power]] to start [[proceedings]] in the state [[courts]] looking toward the disenfranchisement of any [[Degenerate|defective]], idle, indifferent, or [[criminal]] [[individual]]. These people [[recognize]] that, when fifty per cent of a nation is inferior or defective and [[possesses]] the ballot, such a nation is [[doomed]]. They believe the [[dominance]] of [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre mediocrity] spells the downfall of any [[nation]]. Voting is [[compulsory]], heavy fines being assessed against all who fail to cast their ballots. |