Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 25
th, 2022 at 10:11am:
i prefer a democracy.
Sure, all sorts of clever comments are made against them, but name a better system?
Parliament just wiped out the bulk of the minor parties - that's not a democracy anyone can be proud of, it's just following Putin's "democracy" and tactics
Compulsory voting forfeits the "right" to vote and voting becomes an order from the top, just like an order to troops from a General ... there's no say in the matter, and punishment can be imposed
The major parties help themselves to $22million each, of taxpayers money from the AEC after every election
If your vote doesn't help to get a candidate elected, your vote loses 100% of it's value and is discarded into the "trash bin"
We need a better democracy than we've got now - one that's democratic