Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Democracy is criticized as a misuse of statistics implying it reduces complex issues to mere numbers.
- In plain terms
- Democracy uses numbers improperly to decide complex issues.
- What can you take from it?
- Democracy can be flawed if it relies only on numbers.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is democracy just math?
- How do you weigh votes?
Another view
It dismisses the value of democratic aggregation entirely.
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