okwithmydecayMar 5

Under half of young Australians believe democracy is always a preferable form of government

https://leminal.space/post/32739814

Under half of young Australians believe democracy is always a preferable form of government - Leminal Space

> Fewer than half of young Australians believe democracy is always preferable to other forms of government, as trust in institutions wanes, new research has found.

Show threadfizzleMar 5

I don’t really get it, the actual question is:

Democracy is always and under all circumstances preferable to any other kind of government.

I don’t really know how you can agree with that.

Show threadorbitz

Mean depends if you accept the people voting as as knowledgeable as they should be before casting a vote, or perhaps those that are not knowledgeable are so few they won’t impact the election.

Then I look at the US and well…see their point… As much as I’m a champion of democracy obviously there are some issues to overcome when that douche becomes president in a democracy. Mostly eyeing the propohanda media but the downside of democracy is everyone should have their choice and all opinions be heard. Though good education needs to be there too otherwise you get an orange stain on world politics.

Mar 6 at 1:24amWeb
Show threadfizzleMar 6

We have compulsory voting in Australia.

Presently we have a centre left government. They demolished our centre right party at the last election, they’re pretty much non-viable now.

I understand why you might be reluctant to force idiots to vote, but it tends to have a normalising effect given that idiot votes are kind of white noise.