The problem with classical democracy is that people lose. poor Mr president has to turn to the 49% and say, “look I know you didn’t vote for me but you are 49% of the <nationality’s> way of life, to ignore that and disrespect that would be a very bad thing to do”.
My experience comes from being on a committee that tried to organise by doodle poll. we had meetings more frequently than every four weeks and for a year, none of those meetings was fully attended by the committee.
people respond to the problem of, “I cannot attend because the event is run at a time when I am busy” in a different way. instead of thinking, “well I tried to attend but I got voted against”, the options include:
Talk to the organiser and let them know that I am always busy on a Wednesday and ask for different days of events
Reorganise my life to fit the community event in
skip my other commitments once to see if I want to attend this event
These solutions do not always occur if I participated in the poll but “lost”.
Would this be addressed if Doodle kept individual responses hidden or names obscured?
No it would not be solved.
The problem with classical democracy is that people lose. poor Mr president has to turn to the 49% and say, “look I know you didn’t vote for me but you are 49% of the <nationality’s> way of life, to ignore that and disrespect that would be a very bad thing to do”.
My experience comes from being on a committee that tried to organise by doodle poll. we had meetings more frequently than every four weeks and for a year, none of those meetings was fully attended by the committee.
Better to organise by dictator/ do-ocracy.
I’m confused about how dictatorship solves the problem in this case
people respond to the problem of, “I cannot attend because the event is run at a time when I am busy” in a different way. instead of thinking, “well I tried to attend but I got voted against”, the options include:
Talk to the organiser and let them know that I am always busy on a Wednesday and ask for different days of events
Reorganise my life to fit the community event in
skip my other commitments once to see if I want to attend this event
These solutions do not always occur if I participated in the poll but “lost”.