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True. Doing a show of hands by asking "all in favor?" instead of "all opposed?" should in theory yield the same result but I'm sure it doesn't.
by mszcz 5y ago
True. Doing a show of hands by asking "all in favor?" instead of "all opposed?" should in theory yield the same result but I'm sure it doesn't.
- shapefrog 5y agoAsk one of each and see if for + against = total team ...
- TeMPOraL 5y agoI think the only way is to just ask every person privately what they think, and tally up the responses. There's a reason why voting in democracies tends to be done via a secret ballot.
- kthejoker2 5y agoReminded me of this scene from Death of Stalin https://youtu.be/AB0yZBVoSN4 https://youtu.be/AB0yZBVoSN4
- mszcz 5y agoThe original idea of nudging a vote this way was brought to my attention in a book by Viktor Suvorov (it was either Aquarium or The Liberators). Some communist asshole wanted his nephew or something hired for some government position. He made the mistake of doing a vote by asking "all in favor?" because no-one raised their hands. What Suvorov suggested was the guy should've used "all opposed?". He said no one would've raised their hands neither but the result would've been very different ;)