Should Democracy Be Compulsory?

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Hi, my dear navel gazers! Here's our gazillionth installment of impossibly simplistic and hilariously polarized situations, inspired by the [Poll #1879633]

I'm sure you've learned by now why the options are so terribly extreme.

Comments

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

If they don't have a duty to vote, it makes it all that much easier to turn that right into a privilege.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

I am just saying that this would never work here.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am being convinced that there are regional concerns I've been ignoring here.

We brought in the compulsory vote in the 20s, when the Labor movement was very strong and most of the population were working class. Compulsory voting helped to ensure that the capitalists couldn't restrict the ability of workers to vote. Now we've all just grown up with it and to think of it being otherwise is absurd.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

This of course is very commendable.