What the world would look like if only the smartest 10% could vote

[disillusioned]

This shit frankly blew my mind. I asked Chatgpt this:

Me: People often look at pools to see what the most popular positions are, but if one excepts the 'normie theory' e.g. that most people are stupid, weak, NPCs, greedy, or whatever bad trait, then polls are actually useless. If we expand this concept further and assume that the 80/rule (which is actually closer to a 90/10 rule irl) is fact, we can also assume that for an option/stance to be likely correct, it can't have support higher than 10% or so (because once it's too mainstream, it's likely too dewatered for the masses). If we assume all of this, what would a government or ideology look like if it followed only those policies (list all the policies that are important e.g. economics, social issues, and so on) that have at least a few percent support at minimum, but never higher than 10%.

And 90% of the policies (albeit not all of them) sound massively more rational than the bullshit that normies are voting for!

ChatGPT's output:

Ground rules for your thought experiment​

• Only adopt proposals that have measurable public support between about 2 percent and 10 percent.
• Treat anything above 10 percent as disqualifying.
• If no item in a domain qualifies, pick the least popular acceptable option in that domain or run a lottery among qualifying micro-policies.
• Use high frequency polling and small-area experiments to keep support estimates current.
• The aim is not coherence with mass opinion but systematic selection of minority positions.

Constitution and elections​

• Super-majority jury of citizens that can nullify new statutes after enactment via sortition review.
• Weighted voting for proven long-term taxpayers or civic contributors.
• Compulsory voting with severe noncompliance fines, paired with a “None of the above” binding option.
• Term limits for judges combined with mandatory retirement at a fixed age.
• Asset-based or land-value capped campaign finance vouchers replacing private donations.

Courts and rule of law​

• Randomly selected citizen assessors seated alongside professional judges on appellate panels.
• Strict loser-pays cost rules in civil cases with litigation bonds to file.
• Abolition of plea bargains in serious crimes, replaced by fast track jury trials.
• Statutory right to full encryption with government access legally prohibited.

Macro and monetary​

• Constitutional hard budget balance combined with automatic stabilizers only, no discretionary stimulus.
• Central bank rule that targets nominal GDP level with a crypto-auditable instrument.
• Narrow banking: demand deposits fully backed by reserves, investment banking separated into mutual funds.

Taxation​

• Single-rate consumption tax replacing income and payroll taxes, with a demogrant rebate.
• Pure land value tax at municipal and regional levels, phasing out property and stamp duties.
• Border tax on carbon content of imports, domestic carbon taxes rebated per capita.

Spending and welfare​

• Replace most cash programs with a modest unconditional demogrant and catastrophic insurance only.
• Time-limited housing vouchers instead of public housing.
• Workfare abolished or fully privatized through nonprofit placement contracts with clawbacks for failure.

Health​

• Catastrophic coverage for all with very high deductibles, coupled with medical savings accounts.
• Full price transparency and nationwide out-of-network freedom with portable contracts.
• Legalization of organ markets under regulated, compensated donation.

Education​

• Universal vouchers redeemable at any accredited school, including for-profit providers.
• End degree requirements for most public jobs, replace with skills testing.
• Year-round school calendars with shorter breaks and optional acceleration.

Migration​

• Points-based immigration with tradable entry permits sold at auction.
• Open exit plus strict interior enforcement of permit terms using employer liability.
• Large student visa expansion with automatic path only for top percentile earners.

Policing and criminal justice​

• Drug legalization or at least decriminalization for production, sale, and use, paired with quality control licensing.
• Very harsh sanctions for repeat violent offenders, including long mandatory sentences.
• Universal bodycams with public access by default, subject to privacy redactions.
• Community choice policing contracts where neighborhoods can select among competing providers.

Defense and foreign policy​

• Neutrality pact with a small professional force and heavy investment in autonomous defense systems.
• End most foreign aid not tied to measurable outcomes or mutual deals.
• Mandatory costed sunset on any overseas deployment longer than 12 months.

Environment​

• Carbon taxation with elimination of most technology-specific subsidies and mandates.
• Geoengineering research program funded publicly, field tests allowed under strict liability.
• Nationwide congestion pricing and pollution charges in place of CAFE or prescriptive rules.

Technology and data​

• Strong data property rights with user dividends from platform ad revenue by default.
• Government services open API mandate, procurement preference for open source solutions.
• Permissionless spectrum sharing with auctioned interference rights.

Housing and urbanism​

• Abolish most minimum parking and single-family zoning through state preemption.
• Time-limited by-right approvals for projects meeting form-based codes.
• Land value taxation plus split-rate property taxes to push infill development.

Transport and infrastructure​

• Road pricing everywhere with the abolition of fuel taxes.
• Privatized passenger rail access with open trackage and slot auctions.
• Airport slot auctions and full price freedom for air traffic control time windows.

Agriculture and food​

• Remove most farm subsidies, replace with disaster reinsurance only.
• Legalize genetically engineered crops and precision fermentation with fast track approvals.
• Animal welfare set by outcome standards with tradable compliance permits.

Culture, media, and speech​

• End public broadcasting subsidies, replace with neutral content vouchers.
• Repeal most speech restrictions short of direct incitement or targeted harassment.
• Strict viewpoint neutrality for state institutions, but no diversity quotas or content curation mandates.

Science and innovation​

• Prize-based public R&D funding rather than grants, paid on verified results.
• Patent terms shortened with optional cash buyouts for key technologies.
• Immigration fast lanes for top researchers and founders with automatic residency.

 

[asdvek]

People often look at pools to see what the most popular positions are, but if one excepts the 'normie theory' e.g. that most people are stupid, weak, NPCs, greedy, or whatever bad trait, then polls are actually useless. If we expand this concept further and assume that the 80/rule (which is actually closer to a 90/10 rule irl) is fact, we can also assume that for an option/stance to be likely correct, it can't have support higher than 10% or so (because once it's too mainstream, it's likely too dewatered for the masses). If we assume all of this, what would a government or ideology look like if it followed only those policies (list all the policies that are important e.g. economics, social issues, and so on) that have at least a few percent support at minimum, but never higher than 10%.

 

[disillusioned]

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