On 3/23/2013 3:21 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
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I'm not saying up is rich and down is poor as such. I'm
saying that in most democratic nations, the people prefer
some wealth redistribution.
Putting it more strongly, every voter wants wealth redistribution.
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That
On 3/21/2013 2:05 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 03/19/2013 03:08 AM, Richard Fobes wrote:
I continue to fail to understand why citizens think of politics as a
left-versus-right tug-of-war. That's what it used to be before special
interests hired election experts to advise them on how to
On 03/19/2013 03:08 AM, Richard Fobes wrote:
I continue to fail to understand why citizens think of politics as a
left-versus-right tug-of-war. That's what it used to be before special
interests hired election experts to advise them on how to take advantage
of vote splitting.
Now, the much
Thank you Abd,
Aside from you, and us at Votorola, the only others I know who
routinely go out of their way to emphasize the distinction between
normative guidance (continuous primaries, advice) and decisive power
are the folks at AG Meinungsfindungstool. Unfortunately, I've had
difficulty
On 03/15/2013 06:55 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
On 3/15/2013 2:22 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 03/14/2013 11:26 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
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One way is to eliminate the need for coalitions. This is the purpose of
VoteFair negotiation ranking, which allows the elected representatives
to
At 01:03 AM 3/18/2013, Michael Allan wrote:
I still want to salvage Kristofer's liquid democracy approach to the
problem. My last post didn't properly describe the executive primary,
however, and it seems to be crucial.
I'm totally pleased to see that Michael Allen has grasped the concept
of
On 3/18/2013 12:49 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 03/15/2013 06:55 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
On 3/15/2013 2:22 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 03/14/2013 11:26 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
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I do not understand what you mean by making a government a minority
government. What is a
On 03/14/2013 11:26 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
On 3/11/2013 1:33 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Here's a scenario I've been thinking about lately.
Say that you have a parliament using proportional representation, and
the voting method is party list. Then say that the situation is
so
On 3/15/2013 2:22 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 03/14/2013 11:26 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
...
One way is to eliminate the need for coalitions. This is the purpose of
VoteFair negotiation ranking, which allows the elected representatives
to rank various proposals on various
On 03/12/2013 06:27 PM, Michael Allan wrote:
Hi Kristofer,
I think the liquid democracy solution can be salvaged by moving it
into an open primary.
I suppose the problem is that the coalition makeup is set up after
the election rather than during it. So the voting method has no idea
about how
On 3/11/2013 1:33 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Here's a scenario I've been thinking about lately.
Say that you have a parliament using proportional representation, and
the voting method is party list. Then say that the situation is
so that after the election, either the left-of-center
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