Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
> >That is, healthy group decision process follows certain general >principles. The Majority Criterion neglects an important part of this. > > That is because it is about *elections*, which of course isn't necessarily the beginning and end of "healthy group decision process". > >That is, if the majority does not want to please the minority, it >does not care if they are devastated by the outcome of the election, >if their attitude is "they should get over it," then they can easily >get what they want. Just vote it as a strong preference. > > The problem with Range is that if "the majority" are not self-aware and coordinated, they cannot "easily get what they want". > But they >should remember what happened to the one who said "Let them eat cake." > >She lost her head. As did many others. > > > > Marie Antoinette and others who were beheaded in the aftermath of the French Revolution were a tiny minority. >Systems which do not maximize and spread satisfaction lead to >revolutions or civil war. > > Are you talking about election systems or class systems? > > >And thus, respecting the majority principle, I've suggested that the >election of a Range winner over a Preference winner should be >ratified by the electorate, either by a pure ratification vote or by a runoff. > > So what exact method do you propose be used to determine "the preference winner"? Chris Benham ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
