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Originally Posted by malloyd
As the ordeal gets harder, or you have to do it more often, it becomes a more serious thing. If you need to repeat the fast before each election, well, the political concerns of the elderly or sick don't matter nearly as much anymore....
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Will probably make for more radical politics, don't really need to concern yourself with the very elderly, a lot of people who vote mostly because it just ain't that hard to vote for the party you've always voted for and your dad voted for just won't do it if it requires any ordeal.
All while the crazy people on both sides of the normal line will vote regardless.
The idea made me wonder if you could have a few other variants on democracy like not for american democracy but for multiple party democracy.
Variant 1 - You can only vote for a party if you can name three of their candidates for office and a few of their key policies.
Variant 2 - You don't get to vote instead you take a list of questions and your vote falls to the party which you agree most with.