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it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Mandatory voting, for people who have passed a morality test, and a competency test.

Nobody else is allowed to vote.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

for people who have passed a morality test

i don't see how this is even theoretically tenable considering what is "moral" is entirely subjective and largely nonfalsifiable

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You really don't want tests to prevent voting. They will be used entirely for voter supression.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah because there's definitely no voter suppression going on already. Let's make sure the dregs of society can share their dumbass opinions when things come to a general vote.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

That's a false equivalence. Building up society as a whole is better than trying to determine "the most relevant" voices.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I suspect the people who would set this test would be the exact opposite of the people you want to set this test, in more than 50% of the seats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, and a tax