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One of the penalties of leadership is that the pioneer sometimes gets stuck with an antiquated system that hurts them in the long run. Once a society has invested time, treasure and blood learning how to do something a certain way - it can be difficult to embrace a better idea.
For example, the American music industry, once a cutting-edge leader in innovation, is loathe to accept an open-source DRM; although it's clearly better for artists, consumers, and even corporations in the long-term. It's not that they don't understand that the old way of doing things is obsolete, it's just that they've grown comfortable with the old music formats and legal structure.
Rather than change with the times, they have lowered themselves to suing teens for copyright infringement if they lip-synch a Britney Spears song on YouTube.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
The reluctance for change can be seen in governmental systems as well. At one time, an absolute monarch must have sounded like an enlightened concept when compared to the feudal-chiefdoms they replaced. However, once representative democracies came along, the old power structure fought tooth and nail against it.
Our own republic here in the USA has components that could use some tweaking. The founding fathers were visionaries for coming up with the electoral college and plurality voting; but let's face it: neither system provides the best way to measure the will of the people.
A far better idea is Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), where voters are able to rank their candidates so that spoilers don't allow unpopular people to get into office. (cough **Nader** cough **W Bush** cough cough.)
I hope I live long enough to see IRV happen for national elections. It seems like an issue both conservatives and liberals can get behind. For once, this is a better idea that should be easy for the powers-that-be to embrace.
In the meantime, here's a wonderful, creative video explaining the IRV concept.
Read counterpoint here.
Tags: Instant runoff voting - elections - A great idea long overdue.
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