David Levy effect
Hello Rabbi,
I remember you talking about the David Levy effect, where in some election events you have to choose based on relative strength, not majority decision. In my sins, I get to watch Big Brother and there is a sort of finance minister for a week who decides on the house budget for a week. One of the residents claimed that she never had the privilege of being finance minister and therefore deserves to be finance minister even though the majority of the house opposes it. Is she right according to the David Levy effect? In fact, I’m asking how you decide whether a certain thing falls under the David Levy effect, or whether it should be decided by majority decision.
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Let's say there was a country where there were 60 percent blacks and 40 percent whites. Because blacks are the majority, they always elect a black prime minister. Wouldn't it be more correct to have a white prime minister 40 percent of the time in office and a black prime minister 60 percent of the time?
In principle, yes, if there is a clear difference between policies for blacks and whites. This is not the case, of course. Just equal rights does not justify such a division. But representation in policies does.
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