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Who sets the questions? In a parliamentary democracy, the full-time politicians decide what is debated; what is up for debate; what is possible to change throu
by learnstats2 6y ago
Who sets the questions?
In a parliamentary democracy, the full-time politicians decide what is debated; what is up for debate; what is possible to change through a vote (and what is not possible to change by not putting it up for a vote).
They also decide what civil servants act upon - and what they don't. What is researched and evidenced - and what is not.
Deciding what direction you want to vote on a particular single issue is relatively late in the process of democracy (and conveys relatively little power).
The power to elect a representative is thus much greater, fairer, and more desirable, than the power to flex your vote on single issues.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoA liquid democracy would have to be much closer to direct democracy than representative democracy in this regard. In California you need to collect a certain percentage of the population's signatures to get something on the ballot, and I imagine it'd have to work the same way. You could increase the frequency to yearly, or even quarterly, and build a system where you can endorse anything you want to be added to a ballot, then once a quarter you can vote on the issues you care about, and give the rest of your voting power to any other citizen, who can do the same for any other issues.
- learnstats2 6y agoParliaments set the agenda on a daily basis. How do you cope with coronavirus by making decisions on a quarterly basis?