kaal:claim:3709041-019

Vote delegation inevitably reintroduces corruption into a microdemocratic system, because representatives may seek to bribe or purchase votes to gain power, so delegation necessitates a policing system.

Source quote, verbatim

Yet, the delegation of voting power inevitably allows corruptive element back into the system as certain representatives may wish to bribe or purchase votes to provide them with more power in the system.

From

Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020), II.2 Microdemocracy, p. 14
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3709041 · source PDF

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Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

Holds when

applies where microdemocratic systems permit delegation of voting power

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failuresupport: arguedfailure: corruption through vote delegationfamily: plutocratic-capturegovernance-design

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