No freedom of choice without a real alternative not to choose —otherwise, it is a form of hidden coercion.
Story of the empty plate
It’s lunch. Everyone in the household is called in for lunch.
There’s one rule: to get a seat at the table you have to choose a food option from the menu. No empty plates are allowed at the table.
If you do not like the food options, do not know what to choose or do not like the rule, then there is no place for you at the table.
The household stands for the Swedish representative democracy.
Those invited to lunch represent the eligible voters.
The problem is the options.
If you are eligible to vote today and do not want to choose from the available options, your choice will be ignored.
The Swedish representative democracy lacks the option “none of the above” with the same weight* as the other options.
* If you do not vote, cast a blank or invalid vote, the percentage shares of the parties in the Riksdag are given greater weight; the weight of the empty plate is distributed among the plates with food. The other parties gain more power, more seats, more money, more jobs. Power that does not belong to them. It belongs to you. It belongs to the people.
The solution: add the option to choose an empty plate at the table.
Add O. Done.
