I like a lot the idea of a proxy agent inside the parliament voting for online citizens. It seems like the only viable path to direct democracy. A few times ago

I like a lot the idea of a proxy agent inside the parliament voting for online citizens. It seems like the only viable path to direct democracy. A few times ago I imagined a similar platform where people would vote using gov-issued credentials. But now I don't believe that is the right solution, I don't see my grandma vote about startups taxation and I don't see myself voting about agriculture problems. Then using friends or "online parties" seems a nice solution, though it will undoubtedly create lobbies, fishing, hacking, any new kind of piracy to get people set you as their proxy. Anyone can suggest a new bill, and if there is a quorum of voters who approve the bill, it is voted on by the full membership, with a simple majority deciding the result. There is a similar initiative in the EU, it's called Citizen's Initiative, if at least 1 million people support a bill (total of EU Citizens being over 500 millions), then it goes to discussion at the European Parliament: http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome Anyways, that's a sweet dream, and a very challenging startup idea.