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minus-squarexyz1195@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoThat guys vote counts the same as yours. Just saying.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThe idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don’t know the answer cancel each other out. It’s the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.
minus-squareSonor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThis might not be true. Depending on where you live, your vote could be worth about 0.8th of what this guys vote is worth
minus-squareHomescool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoCasper and Cheyenne Wyoming have the 75k most powerful voters in the country. They control the same number of US Senators as the world’s 5th largest economy. The fact that 75k can filibuster 40m is the peak of absurdity.
minus-squarelittle_tuptup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDevil’s advocate. We should only let a select few who we deem as intelligent to vote for us?
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSuch a shame. We ought to implement some type of criteria based on reading and comprehension skills that allows you to vote. A literacy test, if you will.
That guys vote counts the same as yours. Just saying.
The idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don’t know the answer cancel each other out. It’s the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.
This might not be true. Depending on where you live, your vote could be worth about 0.8th of what this guys vote is worth
Casper and Cheyenne Wyoming have the 75k most powerful voters in the country.
They control the same number of US Senators as the world’s 5th largest economy.
The fact that 75k can filibuster 40m is the peak of absurdity.
Devil’s advocate. We should only let a select few who we deem as intelligent to vote for us?
Such a shame. We ought to implement some type of criteria based on reading and comprehension skills that allows you to vote.
A literacy test, if you will.