Vote Woes

"What is the relationship between democracy and statistics?" Fuentes asked. She was not talking about statistics on democracy. Her question had to do with the underlying democratic assumptions shaping the statistical approach - i.e. include all 'individuals' by reducing them to tiny, equal units, and count 'em!

"Well yes," Fuentes said, "I know that's not real democracy either. But isn't that how it's practiced in actuality?"

Three days later, Fuentes was cooked by the democratic stove. The statistical machine counted her as 1 victim among 3,000,000,000,000 victims. "But she will be missed," the democratic voice recorder blurted out. The voice recorder broke after 2,999,999,999,999 times. The bell curve fell through the cracks. "Oh," Fuentes said from above with disinterest, "bye, statistics."