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An adversarial system can only work if there are neutral referees in between that make sure certain rules are followed. In this case it would be election offici
by maxxxxx 8y ago
An adversarial system can only work if there are neutral referees in between that make sure certain rules are followed. In this case it would be election officials. If they are partisan themselves then the system is just corrupt.
- Spivak 8y agoAn adversarial system doesn't need a neutral party, it just requires that all interests are represented in the body of rule enforcers. Any system that depends on the existence of angels is pretty much doomed from the start.
- maxxxxx 8y ago"it just requires that all interests are represented in the body of rule enforcers." What does this mean? Who are the rule enforcers?
- Spivak 8y agoI was going to say members of each party but I realized that there are many non-political party interests that need to be represented as well for ideal fairness. Largely what I'm getting at is that adversarial systems fail when somebody doesn't have an adversary. So in general it's not enough for them to be bipartisan, they need to be a group that collectively opossss every action someone takes. When all the dust settles the only things people will actually be able to do are the things permitted by the rules.