[EM] Condorcet and Participation, Moulin's proof

[Michael Ossipoff]

Sure, Condorcet fails Participation. And of course it would be better to not 
fail Participation. But Partilcipation isn't about a strategy dilemma. It's 
about an embarrassment. You know that no method can aviod embarrassments of 
some kind or other. You know, that goes back to Kenneth Arrow.

For me, the great strategy guarantees that Condorcet offers far outweigh the 
harmless, non-strategy-related embarrassment of Participation-failure.

But I use Partilcipation when comparing Approval to IRV. Some say that's 
dishonest, to use Participation when my favorite method, Condorcet, fails 
Participation. But it isn't, because, unlike Condorcet, IRV has no redeeming 
qualities to outweigh its Participation failure.

Mike