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

submitted 2 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] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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 2 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

[–] CameronDev 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 months ago

Oh, and a tax