At 08:20 PM 12/11/01 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: >Danny Popkin writes: >> > Rather, the problem with AP is that it is mob rule at its worst. >> >> Worse than the secret ballot? > >Much worse. With a secret ballot you need to get a majority to support
>any particular position. That's a significant hurdle to overcome. >But with AP any small group of people that can put up enough money to >hire an assassin can get their way. The going rate for a murder is >around $5-10K to off an average person, more if he's heavily guarded. >If 100 people put up $100 each then that's enough to get someone killed. > >Imagine a secret ballot where any measure to increase government power >would pass if it received as few as 100 votes. How much freedom would >you have left in such a society? That's what AP represents. Hilarious, you sound like John McCain whining about campaign donations...
