Aww, Happy Election Day to you too JT! You have my vote for you to get your disgruntled carcass to trivia night so we can democratically oppress the local citizenry with our unfair advantage in general knowledge. Won't it be fun!?!
On a more serious note, you and I have had many a conversation in this realm, and like with all things human, there are no easy, nor straightforward answers. I sometimes think about our library district in regards to how voting can and cannot work. We fleshbags are imperfect beings, but sometimes we tend to get things almost right, and governance can be one of those things if it is voluntary.
One of the things I like about the HIVE community is its voluntary nature. Join, decline, leave, or fork the blockchain, it's all up to you. The closest thing we have to a zero-sum game is the daily reward pool. It does get abused, but our decentralized community has found ways to address that. Some of these enforcers cause problems, too, but we are working on that as well.