• @muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee
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    3424 days ago

    Cant go showing this is might give people the idea that their vote matters and to show up and exercise their rights. Or perhaps u could do what us Aussies have done and have mandatory voting i would argue its the greatest thing we have done for democracy.

      • @muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee
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        2424 days ago

        Well we got universal healthcare a livable minimum wage public housing world class education and enough beaches that you would die before u visit them all assuming u see 1 every single day. Id say its working far better than ur system that seems to resemble a 3rd would country more every day.

          • Logi
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            723 days ago

            They get fed to the sharks. That’s why you so rarely hear of shark attacks. A well fed shark is a safe shark.

            Perhaps, if the participation goes down another smidgen, they can also do something about the scourge of drop bears!

        • @Tricky@lemmy.world
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          Didn’t know the pollies were hard at work creating beaches… That’s a hot take.

          From an external perspective, the aus political forum looks like a shitshow. Look at your pm count over the last 20 years as an example. US is no different.

          • @muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee
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            524 days ago

            Nar juat flexing our superiority. At least ita a shit show that doesnt have slums on the streets of its capital city.

            • @Tricky@lemmy.world
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              024 days ago

              That’s because Canberra is itself a shithole, you muppet. If I’m homeless with a choice, I’m going north.

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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            323 days ago

            three things: Australia has had a couple good PMs in the last 20 years - kevin rudd, for example.

            but more importantly, in Australia, they don’t vote for the PM. They vote for the party, and the party picks the PM. And changes it as need be. Just like the US doesn’t vote for the secretary of the treasury, or the transport guru (whatever they’re called). The party assigns roles.

            lastly, shit PMs is what Australia gets when it keeps voting in the Republican wannabe party.

            The difference is the balance of power thanks to preferential / ranked voting.

        • @Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee
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          123 days ago

          You’d die before visiting all the beaches because sharks and irukandji will kill you in the first few. Failing that, the drop bears will get you in between beaches.