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The Voting System Needs To Go

Daddy Space Lion·10/6/2014, 9:52:11 PM·3 votes·767 views

I want this to be short, simple and concise. So here it is.

Imagine if five wise men were in a voting room with one hundred unwise men.

The five wise men voted for let's say for the sake of the argument the right thing.

The one hundred unwise men vote for different variations of the wrong thing.

The unwise men beat the wise men 5/95. 43 voted for X, so let's say it was then 43/13; 43/7; 43/17; 47/15.

In conclusion, voting systems are based entirely on how many fingers hit a button. Just imagine if pet votes counted and you had to compete with a crazy cat lady. Just imagine if we had to compete with Hitler and his army. Just imagine a mother of one had to compete with a mother of 20. It does not consider the details of your ideas. It does not consider the flaws of your ideas. It does not consider your ideas - period.

Keep in mind that the voting system is not testing you for your competence either. Idiots can vote with the same freedom as intellects. There's no survey to whittle down the idiots from the intellects - you walk in, hit a button, you walk out. You can walk in after picking your nose with heroin needles, back-dooring vodka and coming from your basement dwelling lifestyle full of conspiracy theories, child porn and all the crazy things people actually do; but we don't want to really hear about it.

Imagine if we could hear what people are actually saying. Instead of voting them in because of how many people are behind them, what they wear and what they say only because of what people want to hear. This world would be a better place if people stood by the wise men, instead of the foolish men.

I await the day I can open a history book that doesn't involve people following wars, riots, religions and gangs, but a wise man who is changing this world not for themselves, but for all of us as one. A true leader that brings out the leader in all of us - a leader that does not make you fear them, but make you fear yourselves.

That is the leader I want to be. That is the leader I want to see. That is the system I want for this reality. That is how I believe we can fix humanity. summoner 21

7 Comments

slippykitten10/6/2014, 10:11:03 PM2 votes

so what you are saying is that you hate democracy? Go home commie, you arent getting anywhere with your poison here.

Math Test10/6/2014, 9:56:06 PM1 votes

That is the inherent flaw with reddit-style boards. I am sure RIot addressed this somewhere before, but I don't have the location.

Daddy Space Lion10/6/2014, 10:14:29 PM1 votes

I couldn't say if I ever understood the purpose of the vote system, really. Wise men wouldn't even bother down voting someone's practices. They may up vote someone, but never would they down vote. What sort of satisfaction are you getting from down voting someone's work? I did not know that your personal perspective had any relevance to someone else's practice. I never found myself looking for ways to degrade someone's work because "I" didn't enjoy it. I move on - that's it. Hitting that down vote button should be used only for hateful scum - truly evil, hateful people who have 0% humanity left in them. Only then would I hit that button and report them. Or if it's a virus link - that too.

OMFG ITS BROLYYY10/6/2014, 10:24:01 PM1 votes

This entire forum needs to go.