# kaal:claim:3808873-031

**Claim.** Because centralized algorithmically automated systems can know individuals' political preferences better than the individuals themselves, exercising political will through human voting becomes redundant and democratic elections may not be needed, though existing constitutional arrangements may delay that outcome.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** speculative

**Holds when.**

- mature centralized algorithmic automation by platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon

**Source quote.**

> Because big data and algorithmic data analytics enable centralized algorithmically automated systems (such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon) to know individuals' political preferences better than the individual's themselves, exercising political will by way of human voting is redundant.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), X. Centralized Algorithmic Automation, page 26

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

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**Failure mode.** Algorithmic Sovereign Displacing Elections  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** democracy, elections, algorithmic-sovereign, political-preferences

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