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What the poll results don't tell you is how much people care about the choice they picked. In a representative democracy, it's not just about what the majority
by slavik81 11y ago
What the poll results don't tell you is how much people care about the choice they picked. In a representative democracy, it's not just about what the majority wants, but how much people really care.
If a majority prefers pepperoni pizza but will eat basically anything, don't be surprised when the representative orders vegetarian. The vegetarians care far more about the exact type of pizza that's served and are more likely to change which representative they vote for in order to get what they want.
- takno 11y agoIt may be cultural thing, but in the UK tech scene at least even if people are flexible about pepperoni it's mostly because there is a large and delicious range of meat-based pizzas to split the vote. The representative who orders just vegetarian pizza clearly isn't thinking in terms of re-election.
- vidarh 11y agoThe rep who orders just vegetarian pizza will have a bloody revolution on their hands. I have pretty much three criteria for pizza selection: No anchovies, no pine apple, and at least one form of meat.
- josteink 11y agoSeconding (thirding?) this. Where I work, any rep who orders a group of mostly meat-eaters vegetarian food because the group has a single or a few vegetarians too, will be seen as making a declaration of war. I've had people walk out of company dinners (to get "real" food) due to inconsiderate behaviour like this, from supposedly "tolerant" managers. Needless to say, such incidents are seldom repeated. And I say inconsiderate, because that's what such behaviour constitutes as in my cultural climate.