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> The people do not even vote reasonably, so it is very difficult. You get three votes [0] every four to five years, where you need to vouch for someone from a short list to make all the choices to represent you. And this is actually the good case, in the US it's reduced to just two options. Deciding whether someone votes reasonably is very hard when they weigh certain decisions (and how likely politicians are to keep their promises) completely different. Just as an example, you might say that you think climate change is the most important topic overall right now, so you vote for the German Green party - except, of course, if you doubt that they'll actually change much or if you think that nuclear power is the answer, which they don't like. So you think of voting for a small party, but they'll be in the opposition at best, but most likely not even hit 5%, making your vote nothing more than a gesture completely ignored by the ruling parties. So what's the unreasonable choice here? Long story short, what I'm trying to say is that whenever I heard the accusation of people voting unreasonably, so far, the actual argument always was "people disagree with my [clearly optimal] opinion or voting strategy". [0] Local, federal and state each. |