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00801: Re: [WDDM] Unequal voting rights?

From: "Pras Anand" <pras_anand(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:25:22 -0000
Subject: Re: [WDDM] Unequal voting rights?

I agree that the best system is equal for everyone when looking at our
current voting methods..

It reminded me that I should point out that I'm not saying my system is the
replacement for the world of voting. Just it's a modelling engine to try out
the alternatives by action, not theory. The reason I'm saying people develop
a right is the same reason that in a computer game - people level up. Some
players are on level 20 whereas new players are at 1. I understand this is
quite different from choosing a political body to represent you.

Weighting makes sense when you have a group decision-making system. I guess
when the world needs to move on from the nature of having a governing body
they will need a true decision-making system. At this time, weighting is
necessary. Some people have expertise that focusses them in certain areas of
an organisation rather than others, so in a true group-decision this
variance must also be accounted for.

Imagine if everyone had equal right in other discussions. I believe we are
all equal, but we are certainly not equally abled. If everyone in a company
had the same right - everyone would get paid the same and have equal right
on decisions. Everyone in their job knows that people from other departments
know nothing about many things. So what would happen if we didn't have
specialised rights to decisions?

I think it's important to say that the current voting mechanism is a legacy
of an old system. As democracy develops, and as technologies for distributed
decision making become more prolific and when the people understand that
they truly have a choice and whether they want to make one or not - then
what I'm saying in this email might become more relevant.




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