Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Well, we finally did it. We've come out against voting... for policies you don't understand.
Seriously. Voting is fine. But if you don't take the time to actually *learn* something about the public policy issues and candidates you're voting on, you're going to do much more harm than good -- even if you think you're doing the right thing.
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– Unintended Consequences of Policy –
econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html
austriancenter.com/unintended-consequences-of-regulation
econlib.org/library/Enc/AustrianSchoolofEconomics.html
fee.org/media/15003/cliches46.pdf
fee.org/articles/the-cobra-effect-lessons-in-unintended-consequences
immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/CATO_US/C050125W.pdf
fee.org/articles/st-paul-s-mayor-is-already-scrambling-to-amend-the-city-s-harmful-rent-control-law
fee.org/articles/how-minimum-wage-and-rent-control-laws-fail-the-bronowski-test
fee.org/archive/topics/Unintended%20Consequences
goodreads.com/quotes/6867865-the-curious-task-of-economics-is-to-demonstrate-to-men
– Irrational Voting –
jstor.org/stable/1830396?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter#:~:text=The%20Myth%20of%20the%20Rational%20Voter%3A%20Why%20Democracies%20Choose%20Bad,can%20trust%20to%20make%20laws
issuelab.org/resources/2808/2808.pdf
independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=723
econlib.org/archives/2016/03/myth_of_the_rat_9.html
fee.org/archive/topics/Voting
fee.org/resources/liberty-a-path-to-its-recovery/#link-8
fee.org/articles/fa-harper-the-greatest-threat-to-liberty-is-the-idea-that-democracy-guarantees-freedom
fee.org/articles/3-ideas-for-making-the-post-election-world-a-better-place
fee.org/resources/against-majority-rule
CREDITS:
Written by Tyler Brandt, Sean W. Malone, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
Well, we finally did it. We've come out against voting... for policies you don't understand.
Seriously. Voting is fine. But if you don't take the time to actually *learn* something about the public policy issues and candidates you're voting on, you're going to do much more harm than good -- even if you think you're doing the right thing.
______________________________
– Unintended Consequences of Policy –
econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html
austriancenter.com/unintended-consequences-of-regulation
econlib.org/library/Enc/AustrianSchoolofEconomics.html
fee.org/media/15003/cliches46.pdf
fee.org/articles/the-cobra-effect-lessons-in-unintended-consequences
immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/CATO_US/C050125W.pdf
fee.org/articles/st-paul-s-mayor-is-already-scrambling-to-amend-the-city-s-harmful-rent-control-law
fee.org/articles/how-minimum-wage-and-rent-control-laws-fail-the-bronowski-test
fee.org/archive/topics/Unintended%20Consequences
goodreads.com/quotes/6867865-the-curious-task-of-economics-is-to-demonstrate-to-men
– Irrational Voting –
jstor.org/stable/1830396?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter#:~:text=The%20Myth%20of%20the%20Rational%20Voter%3A%20Why%20Democracies%20Choose%20Bad,can%20trust%20to%20make%20laws
issuelab.org/resources/2808/2808.pdf
independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=723
econlib.org/archives/2016/03/myth_of_the_rat_9.html
fee.org/archive/topics/Voting
fee.org/resources/liberty-a-path-to-its-recovery/#link-8
fee.org/articles/fa-harper-the-greatest-threat-to-liberty-is-the-idea-that-democracy-guarantees-freedom
fee.org/articles/3-ideas-for-making-the-post-election-world-a-better-place
fee.org/resources/against-majority-rule
CREDITS:
Written by Tyler Brandt, Sean W. Malone, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
