Re: POLI: Random democracy

The Low Golden Willow (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:50:34 -0800 (PST)


On Feb 25, 10:32am, Robin Hanson wrote:

} 2. Being the first to make a promise like this would flag you as
} someone who thinks we won't trust you, and as someone with an ususual
} fascination and trust in monetary incentives. Looks too weird.

Hey, wait a minute. I'd happily suggest that "looks too weird" applies
to lots of other things, like constraining yourself to a random voter or
treating currently illegal drugs the way alcohol and tobacco are
treated. Not to mention cloning. Methinks you just left the realm of
wholly rational voters, Robin.

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