[EM] Re: Condorcet Criterion for plurality.

Blake Cretney bcretney at postmark.net
Thu Dec 14 19:10:52 PST 2000


" " <DEMOREP1 at aol.com>, on the subject of '[EM] Re: Condorcet Criterion
for plurality.', is quoted as:

>In other words-- any reform election method has to deal with a somewhat

>dumber than a doorknob electorate (and/or reptile-brain partisan
incumbents 
>in legislative bodies who would make any statutory reforms and in the
know- 
>it- alls in the media who would bring up every possible defect of any 
>possible reform method).

Isn't it contradictory that you claim both that the electorate is
"dumber than a doorknob", and that the solution to most problems is more
direct democracy?  It's true that the alternative may be "reptile-brain
partisan incumbents", but reptiles are significantly smarter than
doorknobs.

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Blake Cretney



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