> Anonymous speech (for individuals) is also central to a functioning republic democracy. How about you worry about the low-hanging fruit first: the 50/50 prob

> Anonymous speech (for individuals) is also central to a functioning republic democracy. How about you worry about the low-hanging fruit first: the 50/50 problem. You might as well NOT have a democracy if the outcome of elections is artificially/politically restricted to be as close to 50/50 as possible. You know the saying, "democracy is not perfect but it's still better than all the alternatives"? 50/50 is a failure mode of democracy. All of the ways that democracy is better than the alternatives fall apart unless you fix this first: It's the largest possible minority that is unhappy with the outcome (50%). And it's the easiest to corrupt and manipulate behind the scenes: Any corrupt influence can easily tip the scales one way or another, creating a huge incentive for having this alternate battle field that doesn't have much to do with the will of the people at all. You can have your anonymous speech once you get your democracy back on track. Talk about throwing the horse before the bus. You can't dispose of a round baby when you have a square kitchen sink.