[pdoege]

Yeah, its easy to vote people that you don't know off the mortal coil. Classic case of the tragedy of the commons.

Canada has half the rate of the USA, Netherlands around third, and they have the same "near-absolute" freedoms.

(Canada vs. USA vs. NL rates) https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-detai...

[wyager]

> its easy to vote people that you don't know off the mortal coil

The risk to myself is at least as high as the risk to anyone else. And yes, I am willing to impose negative externalities on people if I think it’s still utilitarian. You impose the same kind of externalities, even if you aren’t aware of it.