[ExI] Piker

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 8:06 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> >...Which might be argued to be not fair, perhaps.  Raising educational standards (the opposite of what the Republicans have been trying for the past few decades) would reduce the overall impact.  Granted, this would also directly threaten those who wish to reserve tricking low-information voters to further the political careers of those who favor corrupt and authoritarian policies, and from that angle I view the legality of this to be a net good.  Adrian
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> Sure.  But one of the possible outcomes of such trickery is chaos and civil war.

That's a possible outcome of any election, no matter how fair or
unfair.  All it takes is for one side, with enough firepower to
matter, to refuse to concede the election.

If one side runs out of any objection other than the threat of
violence if things don't go their way, that's often a good sign that
things shouldn't go their way - but note that that's "runs out of any
other objection", as you just did, not "notes the possibility in
addition to other arguments".