> Democracy isn't (and never was) just "majority preference that is inferred from behavior". It's the regular, structured process of checking in and putting the rules that affect people up to a group decision, i.e. voting on stuff on a regular basis, and exposing the rules of the system to that process.
You don't seem to understand that it's a P2P system. Which authority are you proposing counts the votes and enacts the policies?
And democracy isn't three wolves voting to eat a sheep. How are you a part of the community that you deserve a vote, even if such a silly thing was possible? Why should you get to vote on what other people are doing?
> Having a regular vote on the # of bitcoins? That'd give it an element of democracy. But bring that up, and you get the kind of nonsense you just gave us.
Because it's literally the worst idea you could have, short of replacing all keys with the number 7. The entire point of Bitcoin is a non-inflating currency. Even if you could change this, which thankfully you cannot, it wouldn't be fair to the people who joined in the beginning.
You're saying you'd rather ruin the system for everyone because you aren't a ruler. Which is precisely why the system was designed to keep people like you from getting any power, ever.
> And it's funny, in bitcoin-land, the very idea of democracy seems really offensive
No, the idea of your idea of a democracy being imposed on people who you're mad at because they don't listen to you is laughable.
You clearly just want to vote for ridiculous things - seemingly to punish people for not inviting you in the beginning.
> No one in bitcoin-land ever comes back to me and says "Yeah, you're right, we should involve more people in the decisions behind how this thing is run."
Of course they don't. And rather than think about this you've decided you're right.
You don't seem to understand that it's a P2P system. Which authority are you proposing counts the votes and enacts the policies?
And democracy isn't three wolves voting to eat a sheep. How are you a part of the community that you deserve a vote, even if such a silly thing was possible? Why should you get to vote on what other people are doing?
> Having a regular vote on the # of bitcoins? That'd give it an element of democracy. But bring that up, and you get the kind of nonsense you just gave us.
Because it's literally the worst idea you could have, short of replacing all keys with the number 7. The entire point of Bitcoin is a non-inflating currency. Even if you could change this, which thankfully you cannot, it wouldn't be fair to the people who joined in the beginning.
You're saying you'd rather ruin the system for everyone because you aren't a ruler. Which is precisely why the system was designed to keep people like you from getting any power, ever.
> And it's funny, in bitcoin-land, the very idea of democracy seems really offensive
No, the idea of your idea of a democracy being imposed on people who you're mad at because they don't listen to you is laughable.
You clearly just want to vote for ridiculous things - seemingly to punish people for not inviting you in the beginning.
> No one in bitcoin-land ever comes back to me and says "Yeah, you're right, we should involve more people in the decisions behind how this thing is run."
Of course they don't. And rather than think about this you've decided you're right.
If you want to vote, do it with your feet.