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by _-david-_ 1739 days ago
Just because the average person doesn't know what bills are passed is irrelevant to what I am saying.

All I am saying is that forcing people to vote has no impact on stopping extreme policies. If you were correct Australia wouldn't have passed this and other similar laws over the past few years.

I agree that voter apathy can lead to extreme policies passing. That point is irrelevant to what I was trying to convey that extreme policies are still passed despite mandatory voting.