> So we can't do anything, whatsoever, to improve our society and our systems, because eh people are assholes or whatever?
Yes, that is correct. Also, me and Mr. Strawman could use some more hay, do you have any?
> ...and nobody still does...
This is what I'm talking about. Trying to force math/tech onto a democracy/republic where the voting population doesn't understand it cannot end well. The voter will be suspicious, and rightfully so, of the process if they do not understand it. This is especially true if there is any corruption in the system at all. Since we know men are not angels, then the vast majority of voters must have belief in the processes as we all know men do become devils. Democracy demands this faith to work. Yes, we can make the system mathematically better, but if that comes at the cost of the faith in democracy, then it's mute. Even with the system we have now, simple as it is, there is already a large lack of faith in it by a lot of the US, and this is already a threat to idea of self-determination.
Yes, that is correct. Also, me and Mr. Strawman could use some more hay, do you have any?
> ...and nobody still does...
This is what I'm talking about. Trying to force math/tech onto a democracy/republic where the voting population doesn't understand it cannot end well. The voter will be suspicious, and rightfully so, of the process if they do not understand it. This is especially true if there is any corruption in the system at all. Since we know men are not angels, then the vast majority of voters must have belief in the processes as we all know men do become devils. Democracy demands this faith to work. Yes, we can make the system mathematically better, but if that comes at the cost of the faith in democracy, then it's mute. Even with the system we have now, simple as it is, there is already a large lack of faith in it by a lot of the US, and this is already a threat to idea of self-determination.