Douglas_Knight comments on Democracy and rationality - Less Wrong

8 Post author: homunq 30 October 2013 12:07PM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 30 October 2013 09:53:02PM 1 point [-]

one vote is chosen by lot

I would say that Arrow simply excludes that possibility. As you said, he only considers systems that "consistently give the same winner...for the same voter preferences."
Nothing wrong with your analysis, but I think it's an important disclaimer.