• PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because you need them to say it out loud to confirm their vote. The electronic way is obscure and it can be cheated.

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      1 year ago

      I’m preeeeeetty sure they could afford direct, un molested (maybe not if Republicans are around tho) copper wire to a kill switch. Reading resistance on the receiving end would ensure the line hasn’t been tampered with.

      It’s only like technology over 100 years old but what do I know.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe? But that’s not really the point. If you told someone and made a deal with them to vote a certain way, this is a way to hold that person’s feet to the fire. They have to go up there and verbally say how they vote.

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          Just have a big “leader board” displaying everyone’s votes. They can double-check that they voted how they meant to, and the votes are right there for everyone to see.

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        100 years isn’t that long ago. It’s only 2-3 generations from us. Hell, people in office of that generation are only now starting to die lol. We’ll probably have to wait until gen x and millennials are running the show.

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        You’d lose all the suspense, plus tone of voice. And for me at least it’s much easier emotionally to tap a screen than to speak it out loud.

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          1 year ago

          Myself, id prefer direct democracy; once automation frees up our time, allows ubi and education and medicine get recognized as an inherent human right. Since it’s all a part of our global heritage.

          So post capitalism.

          And only then if we’ve unlocked the tech tree to allow socialism. No dice if we buy the authoritarian, neo-fuedalism expansion pack. If we buy that, then fuck it, just reset the game.