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  • IronBird@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    mandatory voting is better than any sort of voter controls, the catch is you also have to combine it with a properly funded/structured public education system designed to grow well rounded individuals capable of critical thought (instead of mindless factory drones, like the US’s).

    • Lemmy World@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      I am not sure I buy the conditional statement

      “If a population is well educated then they will vote well”

      There is a component of research time that greatly limits ones ability to vote in most matters.

      Furthermore the afformentioned conditional statement ignores the litany of cognitive biases that would influence a vote.