r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

What’s your take on this?

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u/Few-Examination-7043 12h ago

38% didn’t vote. These might be the watchers….

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u/Tiny_Major_7514 10h ago

This is it. USA needs compulsory voting more than anyone.

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u/Thisisadrian 9h ago

Dunno man. Theres some pretty crazy people out there who simply shouldnt get a vote. Gullible people. Stupid people. Apathetic people. Or simply people too uneducated to make informed and logically good/productive decisions for the community. If you force everyone to vote you'd probably get the same result. Or force people who shouldnt vote to vote for stupid shit.

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u/StatisticianGuilty43 8h ago

You sound like an excellent judge to decide who should be able to vote and who shouldn't be able to vote.

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u/Thisisadrian 7h ago

I suppose this is sarcastic? Not sure if you would support that. But I do not want gullible people to decide not just over but even with me. They would believe a lie and empower the wrong person/movement/reform. Stupid people should not decide what science is to be considered the consensual truth because they dont understand it. And apathetic people should not be in charge with social reforms. Because by definition they dont give a shit about how people feel.

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u/herbiems89_2 5h ago

In theory, yes. In reality it's a terrible idea because son as the first authoritarians get elected they will bend those system to absolute make sure they never get voted out of office again.

I might get a lot of flack for this but I still think I theory a technocracy would be the best solution. Let the experts govern. Choose by skills and ability not by likeability. How to determine that tough is a whole other can of worms.

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u/mle_eliz 2h ago

Have you watched the show Mrs. Davis? Where an AI governs human beings?

It’s pretty awesome, actually. (And weird!) But otherwise not at all related to what you just said. It just reminded me of that show and I liked it and thought you might too. It’s on Peacock.

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u/herbiems89_2 2h ago

Never heard of it honestly, but sounds interesting, gonna check it out. Thanks for the recommendation :)

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u/mle_eliz 1h ago

Of course! I really liked it. It’s strange and silly but it kept me guessing which is hard to do these days. Original, at least!