alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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 ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThat’s a false equivalence. Building up society as a whole is better than trying to determine “the most relevant” voices.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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.