Profits-and-process

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profits-and-process

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Votey

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A problem arose.

According to our study, you can make millions of dollars by running as a third-tier presidential candidate.

The benefits proved irresistable.

Currently, 23% of candidates are running

Explicity to get book sales. Next time, it'll be 48% within 20 years, the only people actually running for president will be hipsters doing it ironically.

A strange incentive structure was created. Ma am, you. Actually have a chance of

0

Winning

Oh god.

What?! I am not taking a pay cut

A new form of competition was born.

Sir, the lead candidate just said all immigrants

Are pedophiles.

How horrible.

How do I top that?

A completely novel style of rhetoric came into fashion.

You know what's wrong with this country? Registered voters!

As candidates became more relentlessly self-destructive, it became harder and harder to pick the least bad ones.

This one said all minorities should be killed that one said all minorities should be turned into food. So. I guess

The second one is being more

Environmentally

Friendly?

Disenchantment swept the nation.

This year, only 67 of eligible voters went to the poul

You mean 67 percent, right?

I do

Not.

Soon, exactly one voter remained

Humiliateme! Do it!

This is what democracy looks like.

Lick the boot, loser!

Taste the lash, piggy!

More more

dear

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Votey Transcript

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Make me watch cable news!

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