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election · @deanliu ·
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Election and consensus
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<sub>*google's customized page for taiwan's election*</sub>

It's Taiwan's midterm local elections Saturday today. I am not gonna talk about it.

But when I casted the vote, this action reminds me of the **consensus** process of blockchains. Blockchains need consensus to maintain an unambiguous ledger so a system of money can be established electronically.

Then, why do we vote in real life?

Because we can only have one mayor for this city. Why is that? Why can't we have two or three or more mayors? That's a good question. If we do not need a central decision maker for a city, then we actually do not need a mayor or can have multiple *mayors* at the same time for different matters.

If we can have, of course in the distant future, a mechanism that can collect citizens' opinions instantly over all kinds of issues for public matters, like one powered by the blockchains, then it seems we indeed can do this.

Interesting.

But, for now, voting for the candidate you like, is still the best way to secure democracy ...
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@adenijiadeshina · 
Yes you are quite right. Voting is always and will be necessary in democrarcy. It helps you to choose who you really want to be your leader that is why we vote
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@deanliu · 
thanks.
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@alvin0617 · 
大選之日佔了好多外國媒體的版面哈，很遺憾這次沒辦法回去投票..

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@deanliu · 
哈哈，估計很多說到混亂的投票，XD
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@livinguktaiwan · 
1984 by George Orwell is a must read for this
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@deanliu · 
wow.... cool. I haven't read this one. ha!
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@itchyfeetdonica · 
说得对 选你所爱 爱你所选

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@deanliu · 
額，這好像是在說談感情哪！？XD
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Thx

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