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Amused to find this posted from a pseudonymous account with a blank profile.

I think we need places of both. There should be places that are facilities anonymous interactions. And others that require a real identity.

This allows for more extreme and less politically favorable ideas to be explored in anonymity while providing a public place that moves slower and takes longer for ideas that are less favorable to become more favorable.

We should start with congress. All votes yes or no must be attached to a name. No more of this yay or nay bs.

Don't we... track that?

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...

In the US, many (I think most, now) votes are just voice vote. This makes sense when many votes are simple procedures with overwhelming support.

IIRC, any senator can force a roll call on a vote. I think the House has a similar rule but requires a minimum number of House members to support the motion.

Sure, we could log all these votes. But I think most people make their senate voting decisions on different criteria, or at least I do. Like where they stand on issues and how they voted on bills, or legislation they submitted.

Sure. I meant that there's no general requirement for bills to get a roll call vote, where each person has to record their vote.

And even when Congress has internal rules (not US law) requiring a roll call vote, they can suspend those rules to permit a voice vote.

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