I think it’s completely valid to vote according to your feelings. That’s how you determine what you find important in those you vote for. Drawings are a form of art and the purpose of art is to invoke specific feelings in the consumer - apparently more people enjoyed the first drawing and voted for it, which is completely valid for a competition for “drawings”; it wasn’t a competition for drawing skills, just the pictures themselves.

What I find much more problematic for democracy is misinformation, especially if deliberate by news outlets, politicians or lobbyists. They know how to manipulate feelings to get what they want.

That’s indeed interesting, I never get femme coded stuff recommended and I’m a cis woman gamer… Amazon just wants to sell me faster SSDs

Is this paradise meant to be perfect? It won’t be boring or meaningless, because that would mean that it’s not perfect.

Also, change can be pleasurable and as such not automatically contradicts paradise imho.