TheBlankestBoi t1_ireqg4u wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:39 PM

Reply to comment by SilasTheSavage in You are not obliged to vote, and maybe shouldn't. An argument from analogy. by SilasTheSavage

Have you considered that not everyone wants to build a hospital?

TheBlankestBoi t1_ireq4f5 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:37 PM

Reply to comment by Jimmicky in You are not obliged to vote, and maybe shouldn't. An argument from analogy. by SilasTheSavage

Arent most states with compulsory voting like, dictatorships with a thin veil of democracy? Like, I know Egypt is an example.

TheBlankestBoi t1_irept4b wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:34 PM

Reply to You are not obliged to vote, and maybe shouldn't. An argument from analogy. by SilasTheSavage

This misses the point of democracy. Democracy isn’t about building a hospital to the standards of architects, it’s about building a hospital to the standards of the people at the hospital, even if that design isn’t what architects want.