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:: I did not see a discussion of the relation of Majoritarianism to Utilitarianism. --[[User:Dr. Edmonds|Dr. Edmonds]] ([[User talk:Dr. Edmonds|talk]]) 03:50, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
::: In the second comment, he says "So, you are assuming "1 unit of potential violence" for every person equally, assuming you can aggregate those units, then assuming the side with "more violent potential" wins.
::: You are assuming the power to be violent and the amount of violence inherent in each person is equal and commensurable, and aggregating it."
::: This is what you were saying with majority rule being a "first order approximation" of utilitarianism. [[User:BetterVotingAdvocacy|BetterVotingAdvocacy]] ([[User talk:BetterVotingAdvocacy|talk]]) 04:45, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
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