alyaza [they/she]M to [email protected]English • 10 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-square61fedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]M to [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square61fedilink
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoYeah because there’s definitely no voter suppression going on already. Let’s make sure the dregs of society can share their dumbass opinions when things come to a general vote.
minus-squareDark ArclinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoThat’s a false equivalence. Building up society as a whole is better than trying to determine “the most relevant” voices.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilink5•10 months agoI suspect the people who would set this test would be the exact opposite of the people you want to set this test, in more than 50% of the seats.
Yeah because there’s definitely no voter suppression going on already. Let’s make sure the dregs of society can share their dumbass opinions when things come to a general vote.
That’s a false equivalence. Building up society as a whole is better than trying to determine “the most relevant” voices.
I suspect the people who would set this test would be the exact opposite of the people you want to set this test, in more than 50% of the seats.