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The concept of flexible delegation is really interesting, but what about secrecy of the ballot? Is there any way that can be ensured? The article does not touch on the subject, unfortunately.
Secret ballots are only useful to prevent coercion. Why else would you want your ballot secret?
Or we could use the freedom of information, power distribution, disintermediation and distribution efficiency made possible by the internet to obviate the need for centralized government. I'd vastly prefer that to yet another version of allowing other people to determine my life for me.
Or we could use the freedom of information, power distribution, disintermediation and distribution efficiency made possible by the internet to obviate the need for centralized government. I'd vastly prefer that to yet another version of allowing other people to determine my life for me.
It seems to me that that is exactly what this has the potential to do. It's only being framed in the language of centralized government because people might not be ready to deal with the truly revolutionary implications of such a system.
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Secret ballots are only useful to prevent coercion. Why else would you want your ballot secret?
Because I might be turned down for a job or apartment or loan because of my political views ? And because it's frankly nobody else's business how I vote ?
The concept of flexible delegation is really interesting, but what about secrecy of the ballot? Is there any way that can be ensured? The article does not touch on the subject, unfortunately.
Secret ballots are only useful to prevent coercion. Why else would you want your ballot secret?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems to me that that is exactly what this has the potential to do. It's only being framed in the language of centralized government because people might not be ready to deal with the truly revolutionary implications of such a system.
Not if anyone is still bound by the decisions of the majority.
Reading http://nickbostrom.com/fut/singleton.html totally altered the way I look at this.
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Because I might be turned down for a job or apartment or loan because of my political views ? And because it's frankly nobody else's business how I vote ?
Voting is an inherently public, civic act. It's not a personal matter. Your vote has a direct effect on lots of other people. Why shouldn't you be accountable for that?
A stable -archy needs to have an inherent conservatism to prevent public hysteria (cough MSM cough) yanking the direction around.