system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Culture]Why was the human population given a vote on whether to go to war with the Idirans? Minds have absurdly greater grasp of all things despite being a minority. Humans could easily choose demonstrably wrong. Isn't that like polling america's Golden Retrievers to determine monetary policy?
gpt
A large chunk of the Culture split off in protest of the war even *with* the vote. Had the Minds just acted unilaterally, it would have damaged the Culture at a fundamental level for centuries to come, and that's assuming the whole thing didn't just fall apart once the humans and drones realized they weren't valued citizens.

Also, the Minds aren't jerks. You don't get 30 trillion people involved in a 50 year war without asking their opinion first.