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drethelin comments on Please don't vote because democracy is a local optimum - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 05 November 2012 08:42:12PM -1 points [-]

The same way any marginal change accomplishes things. There are hundreds of vegan/vegetarian food options out there now because each of those people is willing to spend money to purchase them, even though each person is a tiny marginal difference. You don't need to march in the streets or donate money to soy hotdog research to help accomplish change. The fewer people vote the more and more obvious the problems with voting become.