News Could Splitting Votes Lead to a More Accurate Election Outcome?

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The statement of Arrow's theorem is: if blah blah blah about voting systems, then there is a dictator. People gasp. Oh my god, a dictator! They scream. But the system I described has a dictator, and nobody thinks that's a terrible thing.

 

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The statement of Arrow's theorem is: if blah blah blah about voting systems, then there is a dictator. People gasp. Oh my god, a dictator! They scream. But the system I described has a dictator, and nobody thinks that's a terrible thing.

I think the terrible thing about this is your understanding of Arrow's theorem!