Reply to post: Re: Rent a mob

Failed insurrection aside, Biden is going to be president in two weeks. What does it mean for tech policy?

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Re: Rent a mob

So maybe follow the "we the people" instead of individuals?

1 out of 1 will act in their self interests.

1 out of 2 will fight for dominance in limited supply

1 of 10, well in a limited supply situation, 6 will group around a leader to maximize their chances, and 4 will suffer.

In a democracy, leaders try to benefit as many people as possible to win the majority. They group different disadvantaged groups to fix the disadvantage. Over time they fix problems to benefit everyone.

The core problem is when you start electing people who don't have the people behind them. Then it becomes about limiting the vote to the subset of people who *do* support you. Trump lost the 2016 vote. He won anyway. That's the problem. Why help the majority when you can define the minority that will get you power?

Republicans need to rethink their choices.

None of them want to live in China, none of them want to be at the whim of Trump (or Jared or Baron or whoever inherits that power), or Xi.

Do they really want to live outside the democracy? No.

This coup ends.

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