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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @snufon OP 28 May \ parent \ on: What if humanity voted by burning sats Politics_And_Law
The fact that the majority is retarded is literally why I thought of this in the first place. The clueless masses are easily manipulated and that's the cause of many of our problems: winning the vote democratically is just a contest of who will convince the clueless people lying in the middle of the bell curve. If it suddenly costs money to vote, it will drastically reduce the weight of people who vote without having a clue.
Your second sentence implies that a costly vote would incentivize worst decisions than a free vote, why would that be the case? I think it's literally the opposite
Btw I assume that you're not Greg Maxwell (nullc)
People tolerate government because they like the idea that there's an "adult in the room" with due authority to tell them how to act. Its the same reason people like to theorize conspiracies. It helps maintain the illusion that there's order and planners with a purpose in this otherwise chaotic universe without meaning. Voting is an illusion of power "given" to people. Power is never given away. Power can only "step down" leaving a vacuum for another power to take over. Authority, however, is given. Voting is a humiliation ritual of giving authority over your own life to some politician or democratic outcome.
People tend to riot and protest if they can't vote (or be attacked by foreign powers trying to "spread democracy"). Voting is a pacifier, there is no substance beyond that. The powerful aren't giving away their power to a vote. They rule regardless of what government system is used to keep their people docile.
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Debatable + doesn't address the previous points
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