I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

  • @Lileath
    20•11 months ago

    I would say that the dismantling of human rights would be a greater evil than the things the democrats could cook up, but if you are not affected and have no empathy for others it could be better to vote for the republicans.

    And werent the conditions to be able to vote pretty restrictive to a lot of people?

    • xigoi
      4•11 months ago

      I live in a country where identification is required for voting and it doesn’t feel restrictive. On the contrary, I’m glad someone can’t just vote in my name.

      • Jaytreeman
        11•11 months ago

        In the US the largest group of people without id’s are Democrats and black.

        It’s literally making the system more racist.

        • @YaaAsantewaa
          5•11 months ago

          Every black person has an ID, you have to otherwise you can’t do anything anyways. I have never met anyone in my community who doesn’t have some form of ID that’s valid in elections.

        • xigoi
          1•11 months ago

          So the question is, why doesn’t everyone have IDs? How does the country identify its citizens?

          • @gamermanh@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10•11 months ago

            IDs cost money, require visits to DMVs (which conservatives work hard to shut down in poor areas, or other fuckery with their hours or such), and if you want the federal level one cost more and require more paperwork

            We use the garbage and not-designed-for-this social security number for major IDing

          • synae[he/him]
            4•11 months ago

            If you got an ID sent to you when you turned $AGE I’d support requiring it to vote. But any proposal of free/automatic IDs gets shouted down by fanatics who think it’s the mark of the beast from Revelations. It’s a non-starter.

      • @richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        6•11 months ago

        In my country:

        • We have a mandatory national ID
        • Having it automatically registers you as a voter after 16 y.o.
        • Voting is mandatory between 18 and 70.
        • We vote on Sundays to ensure everyone can go.
        • Voting in always in person. We usually use schools to that end, windows are obscured to ensure secrecy.
        • We record who voted following the electoral registry. Only the last issued national ID is valid to vote.