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by crdoconnor 3946 days ago
>So what if I, the biggest fan of Ice-T ever, decided to delegate all of my votes (on taxes, on wages, on anything ever) to Ice-T?

Just exactly how many people do you believe would actually do this if they could? Do you think all of the people who trust Ice T to sing to them would actually trust him to make decisions about foreign policy?

>People would gain power just by being popular.

No, that's how things work now. With a system like this you gain power by being trusted.

>Democracy generally works well the way it works now.

Are you in favor of a corporate takeover of government?