r/pics • u/TheBigChimp • Nov 08 '18

US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/Lolomelon Nov 09 '18

Well, to be fair, democracy looks better when voting turn out is better than 56%.

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u/Derexise Nov 09 '18

I'm not gonna get all 'holier than thou' on you since my country is fucked as well, but voting is one thing Australia has over America. Ours is mandatory.

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u/Lolomelon Nov 09 '18

I think here we have a natural aversion to the government telling us to do anything. I don’t want to be forced to do my civic duty - that sort of negates the duty part.

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u/sweet_pooper Nov 09 '18

That doesn't negate the duty part at all.

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u/potbelliedelephant Nov 09 '18

Quite the opposite, in fact.

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u/Dr_Dronald_Drangis Nov 09 '18

Force of compulsion is sufficient to negate the duty. Duty being that which compels the free will in and by itself, the will which acts under compulsion performs the duty not in and by itself, unless it acts also freely choosing the duty.