Lafari@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down17
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?Lafari@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down15·10 months agoIf a person is too tired to vote that means resting is more important to them than voting. Forcing that person to vote is invalidating their own prioritization.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·10 months agoIDGAF if they’re so selfish as to prioritize a moment of wellbeing over civic duty. So yeah, I’m invalidating them.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down11·10 months agoIf their civid duty requires them to sacrifice their health, the civic duty is misconstrued.
If a person is too tired to vote that means resting is more important to them than voting. Forcing that person to vote is invalidating their own prioritization.
We have postal votes, numbnuts
IDGAF if they’re so selfish as to prioritize a moment of wellbeing over civic duty. So yeah, I’m invalidating them.
If their civid duty requires them to sacrifice their health, the civic duty is misconstrued.
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