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> tens of thousands of important decisions I think of myself to be a well-informed person. I will not be able to cope with that level of decision making. Prob
by kartan 8y ago
> tens of thousands of important decisions
I think of myself to be a well-informed person. I will not be able to cope with that level of decision making. Probably makes more sense to scale it up slowly, adding more and more issues to be voted as the citizens learn the consequences of their vote and are able to keep themselves informed.
But, I do not think that ever we will be taking tens of thousands of votes. That also looks like a very centralized system where all decisions are made from one place. If an issue is local it should be delegated locally.
- saagarjha 8y agoExactly. This is why we developed republics instead of direct democracy: nobody has the time to weigh in on every decision.
- Tade0 8y agoI've been thinking about this: people are generally eager to jump into pointless political flamewars. What if it's just a question of having a platform to express these opinions?
- thegabriele 8y agoPerhaps it's not the only case, but Italy's M5S party has built exactly that kind of platform as a mean to differentiate from the other political groups. Somehow it workded and now they're governing the country (along with other forces). From a democracy point of view, the result is a mixed bag but i think it's a start.