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> a few years back, the Mathematical Games column of Scientific American
> did a little game theory analysis of the system of plain majority votes
> in decisions.  i forget the date, but in essence, it concluded that
> majority votes were fine if you were one of the majority, but poorly
> represented any minorities.  
> 
> Herb Chong...

    Majority votes poorly represent minorities!  Wow!  Really stunning 
results you can get from game theory.

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