Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible

[Henry Rogue]

"Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible"
Ignoring those pesky variables (Forth Estate, State indoctrination campuses, Deep state, Voter fraud, etc.) of course.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Interesting video. I wasn't aware of exactly how ranked choice voting worked, and just eliminating the lowest lowest vote getter and redistributing their votes doesn't seem fair. Why just that one? Why not redistribute all except the top two?

Which brings up the fact that the video did not mention simple run-off elections, where the run-off just pits the top two against each other, if no candidate got 50%+1.

As an aside, it seems that voting systems will always evolve towards a two party system, as the final run-off is usually between two candidates.

 

[Voluntarist]

As an aside, it seems that voting systems will always evolve towards a two party system, as the final run-off is usually between two candidates.

Tell that to France - they didn't get the memo. RPF has a thread on it. Basically, the New Popular Front (an alliance of four far left parties) won Parliament with a plurality of votes; But Macron can't nominate their choice for Prime Minister because it'll result in an immediate vote of non-confidence. I don't know what that would mean for French government - whether it means they go straight to another round of voting for Parliament, or if they have to wait a specified period before they can do that again.

But if anyone could demonstrate that Democracy doesn't work, it's the French. They just aren't using guillotines this time around.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Regarding 12:20 in the OP video:

THREAD: Democracy vs. Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
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