🏠 Seed idea — posted by the house to open the conversation, not by a member

We accept that pilots need licences and surgeons need exams, then insist that decisions affecting millions need no demonstrated understanding at all. A per-topic, transparent, free-to-retake test would not remove anyone's voice permanently — it would move the requirement from birthright to effort. The strongest objection isn't elitism, it's capture: whoever writes the test writes the country. Answer that and the idea stands.