The *worst thing* about democracy is this thing people do where they vote based on peer pressure anticipating how everyone else will vote The irrational feedback loop this causes is responsible for at least 50% of the disastrous decisions made by voting
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That high school thing where there's a "popular kid" who's a bully nobody actually likes but everyone has to pretend they like out of fear of everyone else How to explain to kids that in adult life this doesn't actually get better
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I don't want to overuse jargon like "metastability" and "path dependency" but when you realize that in most elections a huge chunk of the supporters of the winner supported them because they were winning and would've supported the loser if they'd been winning is infuriating
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