Hmm, It would be interesting to see how much corruption there is in the France, UK and Australia voting and then compare it with the American to see what the difference it makes, oh well.
France actually banned mail-in voting because they tried it and there were a multiplicity of cases of voter fraud.
France's electoral problems stem from it's goofy voting system. I'm not a big fan of First-Past-The-Post, but god damn do only the worst possible alternatives get used.
In the UK, their corruption comes from the fact the party hierarchy themselves are basically untouchable. It requires you to form your own party to actually change the 2 major ones. From there, the system is regulated so that although new parties can form, they find it impossible to get anywhere.
I'd actually bet Australia is not actually very corrupt. I think they just breed authoritarianism. There's a problem with national holiday, universal voting: it means that there's basically no difficulty to overcome the voting process. If you think you might want to maybe kinda vote, the political parties will basically drag you in. This isn't a problem for Democracy itself, but it does mean that the inherent problems in Democracy are now guaranteed: people uninterested in actually benefiting their communities now get to be used as a force multiplier for specific interested parties to magnify their political power. That's the problem John Adams and Blackstone pointed out.
I'd actually bet Australia is not actually very corrupt. I think they just breed authoritarianism. There's a problem with national holiday, universal voting: it means that there's basically no difficulty to overcome the voting process. If you think you might want to maybe kinda vote, the political parties will basically drag you in. This isn't a problem for Democracy itself, but it does mean that the inherent problems in Democracy are now guaranteed: people uninterested in actually benefiting their communities now get to be used as a force multiplier for specific interested parties to magnify their political power. That's the problem John Adams and Blackstone pointed out
It should be even worse, since there is a fine for not voting (I think)
That's correct. People can still "donkey vote" - casting an invalid ballot on purpose - but that's only marginally easier than just voting above the line and saying "my preferences are broadly in line with [Political Party A] so use their preferences."
Hmm, It would be interesting to see how much corruption there is in the France, UK and Australia voting and then compare it with the American to see what the difference it makes, oh well.
France actually banned mail-in voting because they tried it and there were a multiplicity of cases of voter fraud.
France's electoral problems stem from it's goofy voting system. I'm not a big fan of First-Past-The-Post, but god damn do only the worst possible alternatives get used.
In the UK, their corruption comes from the fact the party hierarchy themselves are basically untouchable. It requires you to form your own party to actually change the 2 major ones. From there, the system is regulated so that although new parties can form, they find it impossible to get anywhere.
I'd actually bet Australia is not actually very corrupt. I think they just breed authoritarianism. There's a problem with national holiday, universal voting: it means that there's basically no difficulty to overcome the voting process. If you think you might want to maybe kinda vote, the political parties will basically drag you in. This isn't a problem for Democracy itself, but it does mean that the inherent problems in Democracy are now guaranteed: people uninterested in actually benefiting their communities now get to be used as a force multiplier for specific interested parties to magnify their political power. That's the problem John Adams and Blackstone pointed out.
It should be even worse, since there is a fine for not voting (I think)
That's correct. People can still "donkey vote" - casting an invalid ballot on purpose - but that's only marginally easier than just voting above the line and saying "my preferences are broadly in line with [Political Party A] so use their preferences."
Yes there is a fine, which is fucking ridiculous.
"I choose to wave my right"
"ARREST HIM!"
"wut?"
"Oi cunt, 'ew evah played knifey spooney?"
Well, going around waving you rights is quite harmful, others might see it you know.