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Re:Deadweight Loss as a Service by notahacker on Saturday December 09, 2023 @08:27AM (#38581756)
Then imagine the incentives for campaigners to skip the two-sided prediction market and just spend their money on advertising directly to voters and lobbying politicians.

Or the implications of implementing the only way to make this actually work by taking the pesky voters out of the decision process altogether and just letting the money decide the outcome...

Re:Deadweight Loss as a Service by gosub100 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:57AM (#38582397)
or they'd just shift the debate to why you shouldn't give money to the opposing party's cause: "they say the money is for ___, but really they do ____ with it".
Re:Deadweight Loss as a Service by priprimer on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:45AM (#38582308)
> letting the money decide the outcome

some people call that data driven decision making and they like it

others call it “skynet” and they fear it