In a free and democratic society, why do we force people to vote? That’s the question nobody wants to answer. We’re told that compulsory voting is about civic duty, about participation, about giving everyone a voice. But if you dig just a little deeper, you’ll find the real reason: it helps the people already in power stay thec re.0
The truth is, politicians love uninformed voters. They depend on them. Because when people who don’t follow politics are forced into the ballot box, they don’t vote with conviction—they vote with confusion. They tick boxes based on name recognition, flashy ads, or blind tribal loyalty. And guess who benefits from that? The major parties. The establishment. The ones with all the money and media on their side.
Compulsory voting is sold to us as a way to empower the people. But it does the opposite. It drowns out the informed with the indifferent. It turns democracy into a numbers game where the least engaged decide the outcome. That’s not representation—it’s manipulation.
And let’s be honest: if your policies only win when people are forced to vote, maybe your ideas aren’t that great to begin with.
In any real democracy, freedom means freedom of choice—including the choice not to vote. Anything else is just control dressed up as fairness. So the next time someone tells you compulsory voting is about democracy, ask them why a truly free society would punish you for staying silent.
Because in the end, compulsory voting helps the powerful—not the people.
