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Italy, actually. It's bonkers to me how the labor movement, so strong in the USA at the start of the past century, is so weak nowadays.
For example it's outrageous to me that you hold voting on a work day while not making it a national holiday or day off of some sort.
The thing about making it a holiday is interesting. Everyone in the service industry would be forced to work, probably extra hours as well. Because here any holiday means people who are lucky enough to be middle class and above will be consuming, especially eating out or ordering food in.
I'd prefer mandatory voting like Australia but with ballots mailed to everyone automatically. Make it as easy as possible.
Idk, we've got Ferragosto for example as a national holiday where EVERYTHING is closed..