[BoiledCabbage]

> They stop just short of suggesting that only 'spatially literate' Americans should be able to vote.

Where are you getting this from? Nothing in the article implies restricting voting rights.

It calls out a correlation between a specific piece of geographic knowledge and a preference for economic sanctions. It implies a causality between them (that less geographic knowledge lead to more violent preferences). And a secondary implication that less knowledgeable/educated Americans preferred a violent interaction.

And in their "conclusive paragraphs", they summarize that American geography skills are poor, they discuss a book "why geography matters", and finally speculate that being less knowledgeable about geography means people can be more easily misled.

The entire article is a critique of our american education / awareness compared to the rest of the world. Voting restriction has terrible history in our country, but I think you're reading into things that aren't there.