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> The most dangerous entity in a democratic country is a widespread belief that voting doesn't work. I don't know that that's true. Voting is so low resolution
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> The most dangerous entity in a democratic country is a widespread belief that voting doesn't work.
I don't know that that's true. Voting is so low resolution a signal, between two options, on 10000 issues, that it is pretty meaningless in terms of policy. You could say it works in the sense that your team gets in, though.
- spaceribs 3y agoThat's certainly a critique of voting systems, but there are plenty of ways to increase the resolution of that signal.
- robertlagrant 3y agoPerhaps, but equally populations are growing, so each person's signal gets less and less valuable over time. Democracies birthed in places with a high sense of buy-in and relatively few people voting would've felt very different to how things feel today, and I don't know how many ways there are to rectify that.