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“Most of the world” isn’t voting at all. And that is how the right wing gains power.
Turnout in the UK this year was 59.7%. Ireland's 60%, Japan 54%, France 63%, South Africa 59%, Mexico 61%. Indonesia 82%. India 65%. Sri Lanka 79%. America's around 65%.
In 2022 Italy had 63%, Brazil 79%, Australia 92%.
In 2021, Germany's was 76%.
What does "most of the world isn't voting at all" mean?
By your own numbers (Thanks for doing that work! Next time please remember to share the source you pulled from.) in most countries at least a third of people couldn’t be bothered to do the most meaningful action they can to impact the world. That’s sad.
The infobox from Wikipedia is the source for all but the Irish elections and American elections, neither of which are finished counting (although Ireland's was only this weekend...). It really isn't that much work to type "election turnout (country)" into Google and click the first result. I'm not writing a dissertation, so I'm afraid that will have to do you.
"Couldn't be bothered" is an extreme oversimplification of the matter, but regardless, most people are voting, and when higher than usual numbers do vote - as in America - it hasn't meant defeat for the right wing.