Discussion on voting systems

[Leo Franchi]

On 18 Jan 2009, at 04:39, Mark Kretschmann wrote:

>
> 1)
> I came up with the more complex voting system to bring a component of
> meritocracy into the system. That was my intention. Whether my scheme
> is suitable for this or not is another question.
>
> 2)
> I do believe that democracy is an unsuitable model for FOSS
> development. I currently see meritocracy as the most promising model.
> Also I believe that there are merits to the "benevolent dictator"
> model of e.g. Linux and Python. Whether we have such a person fit for
> this position is another question.


Ok. For approximately the 10th time, i'm going to repeat again:

We are not a meritocracy. Whether or not a voter has 1 vote or 2, we  
are not a meritocracy.

meritocracy |ˌmeriˈtäkrəsē|
noun ( pl. -cies)
government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of  
their ability.

We already select people based on their ability, as they have to get  
voted in in order to get any sort of say.

leo


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