When I read @readyplayerone (https://amzn.to/2PcJBaf ), it felt like just nostalgic geeky young adult delightful fun. I didn't think a lot about the setting. Yet as it has sunk in over the years, I've concluded that the near-future dystopic elements may prove prescient.
This is the special vs. concentrated interests problem of public choice theory. Those whose entire income depends on a program will devote their entire bit of voting bandwidth to it. Others will devote less, so lose.
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Yes, but concentrated-among-millions is still breakfast for Moloch. Even with dedicated UBI-voters and a new UBI party, the Schelling point is Repocrats/Demoblicans. If you want to assist Moloch here, just found multiple uncoordinated UBI parties...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WboggjN_G-4 …
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Disagree, it's like currently where Social Security & Medicare recipients will vote out anyone who threatens their benefits, regardless of party. Thus R/Ds can only compete over those policy positions that don't threaten a concentrated interest.
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R/D can only *compete* over such positions. I suggest the two parties could *coordinate* over opposing UBI; they are far better suited to this task than voters are to the task of lifting a 3rd party to victory (esp. with ~current tech). And party discipline is already a thing.
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