• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    2 days ago

    Australia has mandatory voting and the mining industry still owns this country.

    Just because America makes it cheap to buy an election doesn’t mean it could ever be unaffordable.

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      22 hours ago

      we also have heavy voter suppression in red states, otherwise most states will have voted dem down the line. your country doesnt have such a systemic attack on voting. the gop know full well if they let everyone voted, they would always looks like 70% of the time. instead its more or less 40-50% they lose. theres a reason voting machines are never adopted in blue areas, they are easily hacked.

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      2 days ago

      I’m not saying that it would solve everything.

      But if you look at the areas of this country with higher turnout, you also see better social programs, ect

      We suck at doing our part because we’re taught to not care.