QuentinCallaghanM to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months agoMAGA then vs now.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageMAGA then vs now.sopuli.xyzQuentinCallaghanM to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-square@ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 months agoNah, go the other way. Make voting a requirement. You vote, or you don’t participate in society.
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoAmong other things, yeah, we really should make voting mandatory.
minus-square@ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoYes. we. should. The only reason to restrict voting is to keep “undesirables” from having a say in government. In a fair government everyone should be represented. The only way to even approach that is to make it a requirement that everyone votes.
minus-square@positiveWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoMaybe include an update to proportional election systems so that you can have more than two parties/better representation?
minus-square@ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoDefinitely not a bad idea. But we gotta start somewhere.
Nah, go the other way. Make voting a requirement. You vote, or you don’t participate in society.
Among other things, yeah, we really should make voting mandatory.
Yes. we. should.
The only reason to restrict voting is to keep “undesirables” from having a say in government.
In a fair government everyone should be represented. The only way to even approach that is to make it a requirement that everyone votes.
Maybe include an update to proportional election systems so that you can have more than two parties/better representation?
Definitely not a bad idea. But we gotta start somewhere.