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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I'm a bit hopeful for the USA at the moment. Hopefully it doesn't all go to crap.

As a European, now Australian, I'm not enamoured with compulsory voting. Its good in that it prevents the kind of polarised politics of the USA, where extreme views win votes as they encourage fringe elements to Vite and those in the middle not to. However, it also makes us very susceptible to advertising and propaganda as more low information voters make up the voting blocs.