Thanks for taking the time to write such a comprehensive response.

Yes — Australia does have compulsory voting — which helps reduce voter suppression. While the country does have it’s problems — it is considered a full democracy unlike The States which is regarded as a flawed one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index).

I did not realise the UK had the referendum and rejected it. Crazy!

I’ll be sure to check out the essay on Dynamic Recovery.