I've thought about this a fair amount in the past few years. It a "democratic" system in which everyone receives one vote really the most optimal for overall health, wealth and happiness of a population? I think the answer to this question is: no. It's certainly better than a monarchy or dictatorship, but is it better than a hybrid form of democracy in which your vote is "weighed" based on a few factors such as your wealth, intelligence, etc? I would say that it's not. But the implementation of such a system would be hell and is virtually impossible to create due to all of the screaming, whining pussies that would bitch endlessly about their vote potentially not mattering as much as some guy who has worked his ass off to amass a huge fortune. We like to live in a state of delusion where we say that each person is just as valuable as the next. It's just not realistic.
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