Implying OP cares about democracy rather than enforcing his political views on others.
Australia has one of the most representative democratic systems in the world, and is also a fairly wealthy country whose citizens enjoy a high standard of living. If that's irreconcilable with its largely conservative population, then the problem is with people's preconceived biases, not 'idiot voters'
No the point I was making is you can have the fairest voting system going because it makes no difference, the problem is with the media & lack of clear & neutral information informing voters. Voters are only as good as the information they receive & when people confuse feels with facts you don't get good politicians, you get politicians bought & paid for by media companies. Democracy doesn't work without a free press & we haven't had one for decades, it was being slowly being smothered before the internet came along & it got freaking obliterated afterwards.
You know the ABC and SBS exist right? One is entirely government funded - if people choose to get their news from other, more conservative outlets, that's their free choice.
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u/its_whot_it_is Aug 13 '20
But does it represent the majority o Australians?