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Froolow comments on Gaming Democracy - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Froolow 30 July 2014 09:45AM

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Comment author: Froolow 07 August 2014 10:57:23AM 0 points [-]

I think - though I'm not certain - that you are right that in all but the most marginal seats you'd never find a politically unafiliated / passionate about a political issue group large enough to swing a seat. I don't think that implies that you shouldn't try to game democracy though - there are certain known flaws in the democratic system we have which exist (and swing elections) independently of whether people knowingly exploit them or not.