Voter preferences have near-zero effect on policy. Citizens want 45:1 medical research vs military spending, but get the reverse. RAPPA fixes this with a slider and a dream.
Posts tagged 'democracy'
9 posts tagged with "democracy"
The US spends 3% more of GDP on government than Switzerland yet lives 6.5 fewer years. What if we just... looked at what works elsewhere and did that? Causal inference says yes.
46,000+ country-years of policy data. 3,500+ US state-years. Centuries of natural experiments we've never analysed. The OPG just asks: what worked? Then suggests doing that.
Princeton study shows 90% of Americans have zero impact on legislation. 0% or 100% support both equal 30% passage chance. Democracy is flat line.
Only 33-45% supported American Revolution. 16% backed the king. Half tried avoiding it. America founded by minority opinion that made everyone 52X richer.
Democracy increases GDP 20% over 30 years. Only get-rich-quick scheme that works. Like compound interest except voting rights make money somehow.
You're 200x more likely to get injured driving to vote than to affect the election outcome. Democracy is irrational but do it anyway.
Your vote has same odds as winning lottery 7 times. CAPTCHA for stupidity filters crowdsourcing bias by removing people who guess wrong.
Half of Congress are millionaires vs 1% of population. When representatives are 50X wealthier than you, they represent millionaires. Shocking discovery.