Should we vote based on our opinion even if it is selfish?

An example:

• Enbloc selling of your condominium
• You just moved in, bought the place at a high price, don’t want to sell
• Yet you understand why other people want to sell
• They would profit, move to a better place perhaps.

Okay, so you know it is better for the majority of the residence if the Enbloc goes through, but to you, individually, it is detrimental.

Should you vote, based on your own opinion or “more ethically” based on the benefit of the majority, the greater good? Your vote makes the difference.

It does seem more ethical to not be “selfish”, but the system doesn’t work this way. The democratic system aims to take into account every of our true individual opinions, to judge a situation. So if 20%++ of people truly would not agree to the sales, for example, the Enbloc will not proceed.

For a true, outcome, all votes must reflect the selfish opinion of the individual.

Politically, it might be a little different, you might be conservative but you go by the “live and let live” principle. Hence, you vote for liberty, because with liberty, you can be conservative all you want and those people who are not can exercise their rights too.