alyaza [they/she]M to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish • 13 days agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-square60fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]M to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish • 13 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-square@Linktanklink1•13 days 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•13 days agoThat’s a false equivalence. Building up society as a whole is better than trying to determine “the most relevant” voices.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilink5•13 days 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.