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Kafke  ·  4151 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should a high school diploma be required to vote?

    We need to flip the script. Make voting mandatory: when you hit 18, you register to vote and pay a fine for failing to register and/or vote.

This is how you get even more ignorant votes. People will just do it because they have to, and a lot of people will probably pick one at random (not caring about politics).

    "Bob knows how to build computers and Jane knows how to drive trucks. Jane will teach mornings and Bob will teach afternoons. Next week, Sam teaches cooking from scratch and everyone works at the soup kitchen each evening -- they need to fix the boiler there, too."

Fuck requiring everyone to teach. Some people are awful teachers. And making it mandatory will result in people not caring about teaching. Have you ever been taught by someone who doesn't want to be there (regardless of how well they know the topic)? It sucks.

These suggestions would make me want to move out of the country more than I already do.