I'm starting to think we should require that people vote. If you don't vote you should get fined. It's not a very libertarian position, but given how few eligible Americans actually vote, I doubt that the majority is very well represented. The fines don't even have to be high, since most people will turn up to vote just to avoid the hassle of paying one. And it works! It increases voter turnout by as much as 16%!
The following countries have enforced compulsory voting....
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Fiji
Liechtenstein
Nauru
Peru
Singapore
Uruguay
Not exactly a list of totalitarian regimes.
I'm starting to think we should require that people vote. If you don't vote you should get fined. It's not a very libertarian position, but given how few eligible Americans actually vote, I doubt that the majority is very well represented. The fines don't even have to be high, since most people will turn up to vote just to avoid the hassle of paying one. And it works! It increases voter turnout by as much as 16%!
The following countries have enforced compulsory voting....
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Fiji
Liechtenstein
Nauru
Peru
Singapore
Uruguay
Not exactly a list of totalitarian regimes.
So when is the USA going to start rounding up those apathetic bastards and sending them to the re-education camps? :roll:
.
One to one?
What a silly form of protest. Thats like my child holding his breath if he doesn't get what he wants.
Voting "None of the Above" sends a louder message than not voting at all.
What a silly form of protest. Thats like my child holding his breath if he doesn't get what he wants.
Australia is much more successful than Brazil. This would be my list after most successful to least. Only the highlighted are part of the most successful countries in the world.I disagree. Australia and Brazil are quite successful.
IMO, non-voting is on the same level.What a silly form of protest. Thats like my child holding his breath if he doesn't get what he wants.
Why?
The analogy doesn't hold, because a child does that for irrational reasons, while not voting can be done for a myriad of differing reasons.
Choosing between to wrongs does not make a right.
Humans have a cognitive bias where they tend to believe if they do nothing it will have no consequences but if they do something it will have consequences. That bias forces them to think about decisions when they are forced to make them.
The point of protest is to gain power. By giving up power, it is contradictory.
No, compulsory voting sucks and is ineffective, you can't make people vote, you can only make them show up at the polling place. Some people show up and vote, other show up and draw penises on the ballot, some people call the government and say they're attending their grandmothers funeral for the 7th election in a row and thus avoid the fine associated with not voting, making people vote isn't gonna make them interested in politics.
I'm starting to think we should require that people vote. If you don't vote you should get fined. It's not a very libertarian position, but given how few eligible Americans actually vote, I doubt that the majority is very well represented. The fines don't even have to be high, since most people will turn up to vote just to avoid the hassle of paying one. And it works! It increases voter turnout by as much as 16%!
The following countries have enforced compulsory voting....
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Fiji
Liechtenstein
Nauru
Peru
Singapore
Uruguay
Not exactly a list of totalitarian regimes.
Australia is much more successful than Brazil. This would be my list after most successful to least. Only the highlighted are part of the most successful countries in the world.
Liechtenstein
Australia
Singapore
Chile
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Ecuador
Fiji
Compulsory is a shortcut to tyranny.
:lamo Name me one nation where compulsory voting has lead to tyranny.