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Would you say that in countries were voting is compulsory (like say Australia) the politicians are not idiots? I don't think the problem is that too few people
by redstripe 12y ago
Would you say that in countries were voting is compulsory (like say Australia) the politicians are not idiots?
I don't think the problem is that too few people vote.
- jeremysmyth 12y agoWhen apathy-caused laziness cannot manifest in sitting on the couch, it manifests in electoral ignorance. If a voter in one country can't be bothered to vote, yet a voter is compelled to vote in another country, the laziness is just shuffled across to the act of voting. Choosing a candidate that has opinions similar to your own is hard, doubly so when it's just as hard coming up with (and then justifying) those opinions.