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I certainly hope not. Direct democracy had a terrible record back when the world was drastically simpler than it is now.
by jacques_chester 6y ago
I certainly hope not. Direct democracy had a terrible record back when the world was drastically simpler than it is now.
- arsome 6y agoI don't know, places like Switzerland certainly make me wish we had some of those aspects in my home country. For things with a lot of special interests like privacy legislation, it seems to get better results.
- Bluestein 6y agoMaybe a "mixed" solution with delegation or only on special issues or, heaven forbid, some form of AI-assisted delegated voting ...
- Bluestein 6y agoPoint taken, tend to agree ... (However ... ... we are also more capable ourselves, and capable of dealing with greater amounts of information - that famous 1800's vs now information consumption stat ... Or, perhaps, tech could help us "digest" and process that complexity ... ... though witnessing recent "disinformation management failures" - to put it mildly - does not point to much hope in that regard, to be exact ...)