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what's wrong with selling your vote, surely that's still democratic Besides just being distasteful, just handing over powerful positions in our society to the
by MartinCron 14y ago
what's wrong with selling your vote, surely that's still democratic
Besides just being distasteful, just handing over powerful positions in our society to the highest bidder seems like a formula for brazen abuse.
- pbhjpbhj 14y agoBut it would only be handed over to the highest bidder if the individuals chose to hand it over ... which is how democracy is supposed to work isnt it? Arguably the current system favours a cadre of the super-rich already. People now can vote for whichever party will make them individually richer. It just seems to me like a logical extension of capitalist economics.