A quote on page 16 of Greve grabbed my attention: "Modern social science has shown, conclusively and unsettlingly that collective decision-making (such as legislatures) bodies can easily produce outcomes that correspond to nobody's actual preference." This made me immediately think of gun control policy, which is not an exact example of this, but has a slight connection. The difference with gun control is that the issue is not the members of the decision party (congress) forsaking their views, but the general population not having their views heard. The vast majority of Americans support increased levels of gun control, with some possible policies like universal background checks at a 97 percent support rate. This, however, is not reflected in actual politics, due to multiple complicating factors, such as super PACs and nominees that have more extreme views than average voters.
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