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> such as liquid democracy The German Pirate Party tried liquid democracy, and the result was similar to what's going in Wikipedia: There's a small set of peop
by pgeorgi 8y ago
> such as liquid democracy
The German Pirate Party tried liquid democracy, and the result was similar to what's going in Wikipedia: There's a small set of people with more time on their hands than it good for them or others, and it doesn't take long for them to take over.
- Zooper 8y agoI'm confused, why would a small set of people with time on their hands be able to compromise a liquid democracy? Are there not workarounds to the problems encountered? Interesting how we iterate so often, yet are so concrete in our conclusions about improvements to our own governance.
- mola 8y agoI think because we can't afford to 'break things' with governance so we prefer not to 'move fast'. Seems like good thinking...
- C1sc0cat 8y agoAs one of my friends (and no a local councillor) who was involved in Conservative politics at uni in the UK said it gets taken over by "a bunch of drunken yahoos". She was taking about the FCS and People like Guido Fawkes. Oh "Yahoos" refers to Jonathon Swifts Yahoos not any one employed by Yahoo