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𝕏doge | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Fair. 

In Chile we don't have much choice. Vote is obligatory, if I don't vote, I'll have to pay a fine.

For politicians is a very profitable business, because they get money for every vote. Some are candidates just for that. They know they'll will lose an election, but they are there just for the money.

My vote this year will be void, so no one gets a single dime from my ballot. And I'll have the oportunity to draw some meme.
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The Beave | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's an awful system. 🫂
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𝕏doge | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not just awful. It is also immoral within the law. 

Furthermore, the Communist Party uses the weaknesses of the democratic system to destroy everything it touches. Including democracy, of course.

For example, in Santiago, the capital of Chile, they register people from other cities as inhabitants of Santiago so that they appear as voters of that city. All with the same address, a hotel room that "houses" thousands of people. LOL.

What does the opposition do, postulate someone of "clean wheat"?no. They postulate as candidate someone who has similar ideas of politics and who defends those bad habits. They are accomplices.

The only possible thing to do in these cases is to cancel the vote.