Elections, on Deutsch's reading, do not synthesise the will of society; voters choose which experiments to attempt next and, principally, which to abandon because no good explanation remains for why they are best. The vote's main function is removal.

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  They are choosing which experiments are to be attempted next and, principally, which are to be abandoned because there is no longer a good explanation for why they are best. The politicians and their policies are those experiments.

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