poder Chapin!! 

 It’s a great ingenious system. Too bad western governments don’t WANT auditable results . 

 "[We] have this very strange thing going on where democracy is the greatest threat to democracy.  Now how can that be?  It's two different concepts of democracy.  One concept of democracy is the will of the people, you hold plebiscites, and even if you do it with an electoral college or political parties, the idea is that [you have government] by and for the people.  The other idea of democracy is that democracy is about the institutions that sprang from democracy once upon a time and that those institutions have to be kept strong.  Those are two completely different concepts that are overloaded to the same word.  Under that circumstance, we have a paradox which is:  how do we keep [...] the type A democracy from overturning the type B democracy?  And that's the unsolved problem that they will not bring in front of the people." 

- Eric Weinstein talking with Chris Williamson
 

 🤔 I think there's a third concept were the "Power to the people" is enforced through the free market (a true one). The government has very little power over the population so it sticks with what make consensus (+90% of the population). 

 Unfortunately, voting better or having a more efficient voting system wont help. 

But I may be wrong. 🤔 

 The Courts are happy to bless shenanigans, enforcement answers to the perpetrators anyway.
There is not enough outrage to stop them.
At this point of lowered expections even perfect auditing of paper or crypto would just mean they get away with more branzen falsehood. 

 Because people don't understand cryptography. They never will. 

 1/3

Dear Walker

Thank you so much, for bringing up again the subject of ELECTION INTEGRITY.

The more I think about it, I do think there are 3 main pillars for a functioning future of DEMOCRACY:
1. Freedom of Speech
2. Election integrity
3. Division of money and state
(order can be discussed of course)

I love your Podcast & your youthful and curious approach to a broad band of subjects.
Nonetheless I am convinced, that the ELECTION INTEGRITY HILL would be one, worth to live and die on.

And let's not delude ourselves: 
It will take time and a lot of energy for these ideas to spread and become established. 

 2/3

Even though I do love your talk with Carlos Toriello, I do have the feeling, that it would be worth it, to start to discuss the subject wir a broader group of people.

I am convinced that there have already been numerous attempts worldwide (even outside the Bitcoin space) to digitize elections.
For example, I think it would be exciting to go into detail with people who started such projects but then stopped because they had too many risks. 
And to learn from them how not to do it.

Why not invite someone from the current machine producers and have them explain in detail how things work?

I am convinced, that there would be ENOUGH DEVELOPERS connected to the BITCOIN AND NOSTR SPACE who would enjoy taking up such topics and develop them further!

Maybe it would also be a way to invite you together with Carlos Toriello to other/bigger podcasts to spread the word? 

 3/3

The following ELECTION INTEGRITY VISION might sound naïve, but eventually it could help conteptualize some future developments:

- I vote with a ballot paper that contains a QR code ("pubic-key").
- When I scan this QR code afterwards with the election app on my mobile device, I can see whether I have voted in the last election.
- When I additionally enter my password (="private key"), I can see how I voted in order if my vote was counted correctly
- Further, I could also check with a broader group (family, community) whether the entries in the "blockchain" correspond to what we all actually voted for.

The revolutionary thing about this approach would be, that it would start a new paradigma in elections:
DON'T TRUST, VERIFY

At this point, I am allowing myself to tag  @saifedean @LynAlden  @Natalie and @jack.
Eventually some of you would be interested in taking this up?

Best of BTC 

 They don’t want free and fair elections.  Duh.