NODE 27d7c3e5Re: Electronic Democracy
nobody@pmantis.berkeley.eduMon, 16 Aug 93 05:27:06 PDT
> From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill_Stewart(HOY002)1305)
>
> An anonymous personage writes
> > More succinctly, "Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on lunch."
> > Up the republic!
>
> Yeah, though representative government is four wolves voting on _which_ sheep
> to have for lunch.
Actually, elections are more like four sheep voting on which wolf they want
to be eaten by.
.snail
NODE 92394b99Re: Electronic Democracy
szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)Mon, 16 Aug 93 10:32:12 PDT
This is a great example of a issue we don't need to agree on.
The underlying cryptographic tools needed for private voting
and digital cash are practically the same. Once the common tools
are written, each side can go finish off their own user interfaces,
one labelled "cash market" and the other "voting booth".
So let's quit bickering and write those tools!
Nick Szabo szabo@netcom.com