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The case for a blatantly discriminatory Australian voting system (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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My preferred method is to weight votes according to age: voters below, say, 30 would receive a more heavily weighted vote, voters 30 to 60 would get a less weighted vote, and those over 60 would retain their current single vote. For argument’s sake, you could multiply the vote of under-30s by 1.3 and that of 30- to 60-year-olds by 1.1. People’s ballot papers could be distinguished by colour – under-30s get blue, 30s to 60s green and oldies red – to make counting easier on election night.

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[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't trust Australians to vote directly on issues, these are the same people who made the ford ranger and toyota hilux the highest selling vehicles for years, even though the majority of Australians live in cities.

There is no doubt that the system is broken, and the majority of politicians, and parties are corrupt, but the people make really bad choices.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

big car therefore no vote

ladies, gents, gremlins: political enlightenment

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I wonder what the polling on big car voting preferences would be...

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Australians can’t be trusted to vote, instead they should vote for someone who certainly cannot be trusted”

Politicians are the same people who support Israel, are in bed with LLM data centres, do jack shit on climate issues, focus on corporations over people, etc.

More often than not politicians act against the wishes of Australians.

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

That is true because the majority of politicians are right wing (including the alp), yet the people still keep voting for them.

it is the same as blaming billionaires and corporations for everything wrong in the world, many of them are definitely bad, but it is the people who fund them by using their products and services. Blaming them changes nothing, they don't really care about the blame, as long as they still get your money.

If you want a better world, be a better person, boycott dodgy companies, don't vote for dodgy politicians. There has been a decent choice on every single ballot that I have ever seen, they are surrounded by bad choices, but they are there.