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Losing democracy is a big deal though.

While it is true that many people vote due to social pressure, I suspect that this social pressure would decrease with a better understanding of probability and statistics.

You could try mandatory voting, but people could just vote randomly to avoid wasting any time thinking about the matter.




I disagree, I think once people understood voting they would be much less tolerant of the government acting in anyway and would require massive majorities to get anything done.




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