Government should be smaller!
Government should be smaller!
Honestly with the way the internet exists now, we might feasibly be able to do something closer to direct democracy.
But good luck convincing the people in charge to lay down their power.
Perhaps, though I’d be very concerned for mob mentality. Social media is famously reactive.
No doubt. I think an easy way to counter that is to put a “deliberation” time on legislation. I’m spitballing but maybe require two votes 3 months apart, and they must both agree (otherwise there’s a third tiebreaker vote another 3 months later)? That would help kill off the flash fire effect that a viral meme can create and focus more on fixing problems that occur over a longer period of time.
I mean I’m no political scientist so I’d love to hear more about what methods are proven for direct democracy.
Yeah no....as much as our current system sucks, I'd rather have some sort of a buffer before full on mob rule.
People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals...and you know it.
Full on direct democracy sounds like a good idea. Until you realize it's two wolves and a sheep making dinner plans.
I fail to see how that’s different than the way it currently works, except you get the tyranny of the far right minority instead of tyranny of the majority.
Or another way to look at it, with your analogy, instead of two wolves, you have one professional career wolf who is far more effective at his job.
I say liquid democracy would be better
Super earth has my vote for managed democracy! o7
Ew. I almost clicked a Reddit link. 🤮
Mostly /s. Kinda.
My sincere apologies.
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Ironically as libertarian (not capitalist) I guess I want BIGGEST government.