Richard Lung
2017-10-10 18:20:32 UTC
Social choice theory commits the election referendum paradox.
The election referendum paradox means the paradox of electing an
election. If you know which election to elect elections, then you have
already elected the election.
This is the paradox that social choice theory commits. It assumes
preference voting with over-all mjority counting (Iain McLean: Democracy
and New Technology) as the stand-point from which to judge election
systems in general, as deficient, in various ways. But in so doing, it
has elected an election system, with which to do this (IRV or the
Alternative Vote).
Moreover, IRV is not a general election system, as it restricts choice
or election to a single representatie, a special case, and is therefore
inadequate to draw general conclusions about elections, anyway.
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The election referendum paradox means the paradox of electing an
election. If you know which election to elect elections, then you have
already elected the election.
This is the paradox that social choice theory commits. It assumes
preference voting with over-all mjority counting (Iain McLean: Democracy
and New Technology) as the stand-point from which to judge election
systems in general, as deficient, in various ways. But in so doing, it
has elected an election system, with which to do this (IRV or the
Alternative Vote).
Moreover, IRV is not a general election system, as it restricts choice
or election to a single representatie, a special case, and is therefore
inadequate to draw general conclusions about elections, anyway.
--
Richard Lung.
http://www.voting.ukscientists.com
Democracy Science series 3 free e-books in pdf:
https://plus.google.com/106191200795605365085
E-books in epub format:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/democracyscience
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