This is a fun concept that really pisses off government idealists: a free market economy is more democratic than any political system. Just watch Adult Swim—shows on Cartoon Network aimed a mature audience. They occasionally show their ratings. They’re also lucky if a half a million people (a whopping 0.17% of the entire country's population) watch their top show. When less than 1% of the nation wants a product, they get it. When 49% of the voters want a candidate, they get ignored.
Who says corporations don’t care about the people?
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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Sounds more minoritarian than democratic.
Ah but if it was minoritarian, the wants of the minority would crowd out the wants of the majority, which simply doesn't happen here. This is more like (brace yourself) proportional representation with a very, very low threshold.
David is right, I used poor terminology.
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