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If you were creating a society on Mars, would you use a system of people lining up in-person to vote? Probably not. Rigged elections have been a thing for a ve
by diebeforei485 6y ago
If you were creating a society on Mars, would you use a system of people lining up in-person to vote? Probably not.
Rigged elections have been a thing for a very long time. The shenanigans in Belarus is only the latest example.
Covid-19 will accelerate the inevitable. We're having a mail-in election this year, people will get comfortable voting from home and it's only a matter of time before people start asking why they can't just do it on their phone. I'm excited for blockchain voting.
- unnouinceput 6y agoWait until people realize there is no need for intermediate people in a lot of areas that can be eliminated with direct voting. Then you'll see a lot of social distress. Current rioting is nothing compared with what's coming
- arp242 6y agoThe vote in Belarus was rigged by the government: "Lukashenko controls vote counting, [and abused] a vast security apparatus and a noisy state media machine unwavering in its support for him and contempt for his rivals". In other words: it required a vast conspiracy with many people cooperating in various ways to pull off. We've seen the same with rigged elections in Russia and some other places. Compare this to an electronic system where a very small group of people (possibly even just one person) can potentially significantly skew the election results.
- mhh__ 6y agoUsing the Belarus elections as an example here (government meddling) is like saying Litvinenko put the Po is his own tea