Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by clarry on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:57AM
(#22267197)
If you know you're voting for a niche candidate that cannot win, then that vote achieves nothing. It amounts to as much as not voting at all; voting, then, is an empty ritual, just a rain dance. Psychological desire has nothing to do with it, it's just hard facts.
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by madez on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:48AM
(#22267843)
Even in an archaic the-winner-takes-all vote, the result reveals important information besides determining the winner. That information can influence other voters, vote options, and the winners behavior.
Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by kortilla on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:56PM
(#22272041)
We’re talking about voting with your wallet. The vendor you pick doesn’t need to “win”, it just needs to get enough to survive. This is why voting with your wallet is much more powerful than voting for winner-take-all representatives in a political system.