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<pre><b><span class="correction" id="">Juho</span> wrote:<br>
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</b>> ><i> (2) Direct democracy generally requires open voting. Coercion seems<br>
</i>> ><i> to be rare;<br>
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> Open voting opens a door to coercion. A violent husband of might <br>
> easily tell his wife how to vote. Open votes also are likely to lead <br>
> to less votes to candidates that represent minorities and/or values <br>
> that the voter does not want to reveal publicly. This could apply to <br>
> minorities (political, ethnic, sexual, religious) or any deviation <br>
> from the family, village, working place or country tradition and <br>
> <span class="correction" id="">favoured</span> values.</pre>
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<div>David Friedman has posted on his <span class="correction" id="">blog</span> that when he lectures, one of the issues he has is <br>
determining if the students actually understand what he has just said. The problem is that<br>
if he asks "Did everyone understand that?", nobody will raise their hand as they don't want <br>
to be seen as the one who doesn't understand.<br>
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His proposed solution is that each student would be given a yes/no button. They can<br>
then answer questions using the button. This would not achieve perfect privacy, but<br>
it would likely greatly increase the accuracy of the result. He could then repeat any <br>
section of the lecture that doesn't hit a threshold.<br>
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Something similar could be used in a town meeting type setting. <span class="correction" id="">OTOH</span>, it might break<br>
the consensus building effect of the town meeting. If there is no penalty in acting to <br>
prevent consensus, then it is less likely to occur.<br>
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<div style="clear: both;"><span class="correction" id="">Raphfrk</span><br>
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Interesting site<br>
"what if anyone could modify the laws"<br>
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<span class="correction" id="">www</span>.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.<span class="correction" id="">com</span></div>
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