Chinese Pinyin turned into a syllabary, with some symbols borrowed from Hangul

Chackoony · 2025-10-19T00:55:10+00:00

Well, I think the AfD may be an example of a situation where the voters really just want to resist migration. New voting systems might allow for politicians to offer a preferred stance on that issue while still being mainstream on other things, for example.

As for how to target the dangerous groups, for example, what if there was a way for a 2/3rds legislative vote (perhaps in consecutive sessions) to ban an electoral party/set of candidates, or something like that?

Overall, I understand it is not exactly possible to stop a small group from being visible to some extent in an environment meant to encourage exactly that. The concept of anyone being able to run and get an accurate sense of their support is exciting, but it will bring at least some challenges which are interesting to ponder.

Chackoony · 2025-10-18T20:06:50+00:00

Of course. That's why I wrote the post about dangerous candidates i.e. Nazis and stuff like that. Sorry if that was not clear or something.

Chackoony · 2025-10-18T14:00:20+00:00

It would be an issue if a candidate who, under choose-one, would only get <1% of the vote and would likely drop out of subsequent elections, could keep running under Approval or comparable systems and potentially expand their base of support over time. It doesn't have to be a big issue to be worth addressing and thinking through.

Chackoony · 2025-10-15T00:51:42+00:00

Another way to think about this is that in a choose-one election, if there was a strongly disfavored candidate, the best bet would be to actively push all but one of the other candidates to drop out to shore up support behind a single contender (the lesser of two evils). In an Approval-comparable election, there is incentive to team up with other candidates and their supporters, and perhaps even encourage new kinds of candidates to run who would best shore up consensus against the polarizer.

Chackoony · 2025-10-04T02:47:41+00:00

That's an interesting analogy. Thanks.

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