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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Ishaan Tharoor‏Verified account @ishaantharoor Oct 29

      Brazil has compulsory voting (even then, 30% of ballots cast were marked null/blank). Just imagine how different the US and its politics could be if everyone had to vote.

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 29
      Replying to @ishaantharoor

      ...we might elect a crazy fascist??

      8:28 AM - 29 Oct 2018
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        2. Ryan D. Enos‏Verified account @RyanDEnos Oct 29
          Replying to @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          There's actually systematic evidence that compulsory voting leads to more liberal policy outcomes: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1816649 …

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        3. Jonathan Robinson‏ @jon_m_rob Oct 29
          Replying to @RyanDEnos @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          ...in Australia

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        4. Ryan D. Enos‏Verified account @RyanDEnos Oct 29
          Replying to @jon_m_rob @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          No, that's not right. The article finds more liberal seat share in Austrailia, but more liberal policy outcomes cross-nationally.

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        5. Jonathan Robinson‏ @jon_m_rob Oct 29
          Replying to @RyanDEnos @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          Across OECD countries. Brazil I don't think technically qualifies

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        6. Ryan D. Enos‏Verified account @RyanDEnos Oct 29
          Replying to @jon_m_rob @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          sure. My point in tweeting that wasn't that it was evidence in particular about what happened in Brazil, just that there is some systematic evidence about the effects of compulsory voting, so we don't need speculate from anecdotes.

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        2. Benjamin Wolf‏ @benbawan Oct 29
          Replying to @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          You kinda did anyway, just the reality TV and blessfully ineffective version. But yeah, I also find the first comment somewhat unconvincing in light of recent developments.

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        3. Alexander Hurst‏ @iamhurst Oct 29
          Replying to @benbawan @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          Not so ineffective in fomenting hate and dividing the far-right (aka, the Republican Party) off into its own separate media bubble of irreality though. Granted, Fox News laid the foundations long before he showed up...

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        4. Benjamin Wolf‏ @benbawan Oct 29
          Replying to @iamhurst @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          Yes of course, bad enough in so many ways. I'm just saying, Trump did not yet succeed in dismantling core pieces of American democracy (not anymore that the GOP did anyway). The jury is still out for Bolsonaro (let's hope for the best).

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        5. Alexander Hurst‏ @iamhurst Oct 29
          Replying to @benbawan @Noahpinion @ishaantharoor

          Also though, pretty sure the first two tweets were sarcastic haha. At least, @Noahpinion's definitely was

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        1. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Fluff‏ @FluffyLib Oct 29
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          Been there. Done that.

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