Only someone with a soviet thinking can come up with such scenario, probably an American journalist that never missed a meal in his life, that never lived in a trully opressive system would come with such an idea. Authoritarianism for the greater good. I heard that tape lots of times.
I would argue that an important freedom that we have at our disposal is the power NOT to vote in the West. Just take a look at some of your choices, Trump, Bernie, etc. You should be grateful to have this freedom to abstain from such low intellect and propagandistic choices.
Patience, grasshopper.How so?
No. Usually 10-15 minutes or you can just mail the ballot in. One thing is different, the Australian government is not so cheap-ass when it comes to voting places. There's lots of them.Did you have to wait in line for hours?
An L.A. Times columnist talks about an idea to make voting in the U.S. mandatory from local elections to Prez to "strengthen our democracy" & fine those who don't vote.
Column: What if every American were required — by law — to vote?
Proponents of mandatory voting say it would strengthen democracy and make America's politics less awful.www.latimes.com
My answer: No.
The ability to vote is a right, but people also have the right not to participate.
(Wiki) As of January 2020, of the 36 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, only 3 had forms of compulsory voting which is enforced in practice: Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg. Additionally, Greece, Mexico and Turkey have compulsory voting theoretically, but it is not enforced.The State coercing citizens to do something they don't want to do is totalitarian.
Ok, I read the article. it was actually some brain-dead Marxists at UC Berkely who proposed this idiotic scheme.
My apologies to the L.A. Times Marxist reporter.
The L.A. Times is a “far left radical newspaper” like I’m a renowned opera singer.ROTFLMAO!
Seriously? You are not aware the the L.A. Times is a far left radical newspaper.
You really have been drinking L.A. water for too long, haven't you?
An L.A. Times columnist talks about an idea to make voting in the U.S. mandatory from local elections to Prez to "strengthen our democracy" & fine those who don't vote.
Column: What if every American were required — by law — to vote?
Proponents of mandatory voting say it would strengthen democracy and make America's politics less awful.www.latimes.com
My answer: No.
The ability to vote is a right, but people also have the right not to participate.
I oppose mandatory voting. Most voters are ignorant as **** when it comes to politics. We don't need anymore of these people voting.
No also, how effen stupid can you get? Forced voters will just mark up the ballet without forethought. Forced votes are as bad as denied votes.An L.A. Times columnist talks about an idea to make voting in the U.S. mandatory from local elections to Prez to "strengthen our democracy" & fine those who don't vote.
Column: What if every American were required — by law — to vote?
Proponents of mandatory voting say it would strengthen democracy and make America's politics less awful.www.latimes.com
My answer: No.
The ability to vote is a right, but people also have the right not to participate.
Forced votes are free speech? While I'd like to see more participation, forcing folks to vote is not freedom, duh...His article is free speech. Your post is cancel culture.
You could participate in the thread without voting, what your talking about is entering your vote.It's almost funny, but after making my selection in the OP, I had to click the button that says "Vote." It was a requirement.
Patience, grasshopper.
No. Usually 10-15 minutes or you can just mail the ballot in. One thing is different, the Australian government is not so cheap-ass when it comes to voting places. There's lots of them.
When I tell my friends there (On a trip back...every so often)...they're appalled at the stories of long lines here. I don't trash America when I'm there...(I'm a dual citizen) but...well...they ask and I tell them the truth.
I don't sugar coat it.
I oppose mandatory voting. Most voters are ignorant as **** when it comes to politics. We don't need anymore of these people voting. This is why I detest the get out and vote campaigns aimed at those who don't pay attention to politics. Voting should stay a right and a right means you have the option to exercise it or to not exercise it.
I would support it as long as "abstain" is a voting choice.
I've read that Australia no longer allows most citizens to own guns. You now need an endorsement from the Police Chief to own a gun. Was that a big deal?As an (also) Australian citizen, I'm used to mandatory voting. Did it for many years. Didn't think of it as a big deal.
Having said that, the ol' proverb still is true..When in Rome, do as .....
What you say is true. The main problem I have (as a citizen of America) is the populace has traded the boot on our necks by the Government for the boot on theI've read that Australia no longer allows most citizens to own guns. You now need an endorsement from the Police Chief to own a gun. Was that a big deal?
Americans tend get antsy when our government sticks their boot on the back of our necks and forces us to do things against our wishes..
Americans have always been like that. Our country was actually founded on the principles of freedom and liberty. Mandatory voting will NEVER happen in the US, no matter how much the neo-Bolsheviks at the Washington Post clamor for it.
I've read that Australia no longer allows most citizens to own guns. You now need an endorsement from the Police Chief to own a gun. Was that a big deal?
Americans tend get antsy when our government sticks their boot on the back of our necks and forces us to do things against our wishes..
Americans have always been like that. Our country was actually founded on the principles of freedom and liberty. Mandatory voting will NEVER happen in the US, no matter how much the neo-Bolsheviks at the Washington Post clamor for it.
Absolutely no, mandatory voting is a terrible idea.
Besides, it is not Constitutional (not that many care about that these days.)
The Right to keep and bear arms IS more valuable than the right to vote.Guns as a form of freedom is a myth, albeit a powerful one. Many Americans value it more than the right to vote.
What a liberal dumbass.What a dumbass.
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