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Everywhere else in everything a vote is a vote. Then when it comes to politics, you need the most byzantine structure imaginable.
by smm11 4y ago
Everywhere else in everything a vote is a vote.
Then when it comes to politics, you need the most byzantine structure imaginable.
- bombcar 4y agoIt would be really bad if people looked at mass-market general elections from a mathematical point of view.
- Spivak 4y agoEvery voting system causes people to vote strategically, the best ones are when the strategic vote and and an individual’s actual preferences line up. I want A, and if not A then I guess B, and if not B I guess C isn’t that complicated. Determining a system to tally those votes in a way that represents everyone’s preferences faithfully is when you start needing math.
- smm11 4y agoSee? My post was downvoted 3. Not 1, not 7. But 3.
- fdsjgfklsfd 4y agoWhen you rate products on Amazon, do you just get one vote for "this is my favorite product" and you can't express any opinion about any of the others? When students are evaluated by their teachers, do the teachers just say "this student is the best" and not express anything about any of the others?