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What if you want your citizens to be able to vote on policy matters in real time to make things more democratic? It would be too burdensome with pencil and pap
by fny 2y ago
What if you want your citizens to be able to vote on policy matters in real time to make things more democratic?
It would be too burdensome with pencil and paper. Alternatives are useful.
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- nihzm 2y ago> vote on policy matters in real time to make things more democratic Discussion, debades and more generally exchanging opinions with others and pondering the options before committing to a decision are important if not essential for proper functioning of democracy. This necessarily takes time. How would real-time voting make things more democratic? I see no advantage in making the process hasty. If anything, it would trivialize the process, like voting for a game show on television, which would definitely be bad.
- DemocracyFTW2 2y agoefficiency != democracy
- Gud 2y agoWe can get to that when we pick the low hanging fruit first. In Switzerland, they hold votes 4 times per year, in municipal, cantonal and federal referendums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland
- throwaway48476 2y agoArguably there should be a non binding online based real time opinion voting to increase democratic input.
- V__ 2y agoTalk about any issue you know a lot about to someone who knows nothing about it, and you will quickly understand why more direct democracy is an horrible idea.