Election Commentary

I'm afraid that I don't have very much to say about the general election result, other than to note that the party advocating that the state should spend 42.4% of the GDP saw its share of the vote fall by 6.2 points, while the party advocating that the state should spend 41.9% of the GDP saw its share of the rise by 0.6 points and the party advocating that the state should spend 43.3% of the GDP saw its share of the vote rise by 3.1 points. (Those figures are subject to correction if I can ever be bothered to look them up.)

However, a couple of posts ago, I revealed that I intended not to vote, the reason being to provide myself with a means of introducing the subjects of rational ignorance and rational irrationality into my conversations. I kept my word - I didn't vote, but rather than bore you with the minutiae of the costs of gathering and analysing information, externalities, free-rider problems and so forth, I shall instead direct you to this little parable about the consequences of rational ignorance and rational irrationality.