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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by lazzlazzlazz on Saturday May 02, 2015 @04:40PM (#9478478)
The cost per vote increases quadratically. If the first vote costs $1, then buying one million votes would cost one trillion dollars. If there are 50 million voters, then this trillion dollars would be distributed among them: $200,000 each.

It would be extremely difficult to buy massive numbers of votes without paying hugely to the rest of the electorate.

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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by eridius on Saturday May 02, 2015 @08:35PM (#9479210)
It would be extremely difficult for one single person to do this. But we're talking about a wealthy minority, not a wealthy individual. If 25% of the population is significantly wealthier than the other 75%, does that mean the 25% should be able to pay on average 9x more than the 75% in order to get their way on an issue?
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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by emmab on Saturday May 02, 2015 @04:43PM (#9478484)
it increases quadratically not exponentially
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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by lazzlazzlazz on Saturday May 02, 2015 @04:44PM (#9478493)
Yeah, obviously. Thanks.
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