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Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible

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Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible

Veritasium explains why no voting system can be perfectly fair, drawing on Arrow's theorem and the work of Eric Maskin. It looks at problems with systems like first-past-the-post and ranked-choice voting.

Linked when someone needs a quick accessible source for the claim that every voting method has flaws.

6 Hacker News mentions · 2024–2026

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