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mcdowella's avatar

Representative democracy is one solution to problems with complexity - have the people elect a representative assembly with some form of proportional representation and then use some more complex system of voting (such as quark-based elections, perhaps with tokens instead of real money) to make decisions in that assembly, which might contain a bewildering assortment of small parties. Having a sophisticated electorate like this might also make it easier to change the voting system frequently without confusing people.

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Pshrnk's avatar

Why stop there? Buy enough votes once to pass a law saying that only people with net worth over $10 Million can vote, then pass a law abolishing quarks!

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