Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.
Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.
The difference is our electoral system doesn’t let the 30% of racist pieces of shit run the entire country.
Fair enough. I think every democracy needs to have the compulsory voting system that Australia does.
The perceptual downside to the system though is that it definitively and accurately tells you out of the entire population the amount that are bigoted POS’.
This is the inherent flaw in democracy in general. If most people are shit, the government will also be shit
That’s why access to quality education is tantamount to functioning democracy.
Maybe not but we just saw that it’s a fuckin’ lot more than just 30 for you guys!
You actually think 55% of Australians are racist?
You understand that the vast majority of No voters voted that way because they didn’t understand what it was, and the No campaign very deliberately did everything they could to make it unclear and confusing.