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If you proposed that people could buy extra votes in elections, at say 100$ a pop, virtually everyone would call it an affront to democracy, as rightly so. Yet
by andrepd 4y ago
If you proposed that people could buy extra votes in elections, at say 100$ a pop, virtually everyone would call it an affront to democracy, as rightly so. Yet it is precisely what happened when it comes to governance of joint-stock companies.
- kadoban 4y ago> virtually everyone would call it an affront to democracy, as rightly so Except that's how our government works too, the votes just aren't official and they're _far_ more effective.