josh0324

Hello, this is my first post as a community member. Please don't eat me alive if this question/topic has already been discussed. Please just leave me a link or tell me what to search for and I'll find the answers there. Also, if I've posted this in the wrong section, please let me know. Assuming the answer doesn't yet exist, here goes... I don't dispute I.Q. statistics. I don't dispute the bell curve. I don't dispute any emerging genetic or ethnic trends. However, I have to ask, what makes a high I.Q. populous preferable to a low I.Q. populous? The reason I ask is, there are many high I.Q. people who have the liberal/progressive/Democrat mindset. To me, it seems just as likely that a high I.Q. populous will vote itself into socialism as a low I.Q. populous. The working class in my community contains many low I.Q. people, and a large majority of them voted for Trump, and they routinely vote conservative/Republican and are in favor of individual rights and against bigger government. So, why is I.Q. relevant? Why is a high I.Q. populous preferable to a low I.Q. populous? Because, personally, I'd prefer to be surrounded by people who aren't "smart" enough to vote themselves into the slavery of socialism. The only answer I can think of is that maybe, just maybe, if we had enough high I.Q. people to vote away the welfare state, then low I.Q. people would stop coming. However, as I said, there are plenty of high I.Q. people voting Democrat, so the chances of success seem pretty low. Thank you all in advance for your replies; I look forward to reading them.