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My simplistic answer is that software needs to do to political problems what it did to economic and social problems, remove middle men. A more direct democracy
by karmicthreat 13y ago
My simplistic answer is that software needs to do to political problems what it did to economic and social problems, remove middle men. A more direct democracy would help distribute power and help diffuse the cash going into politics. For a first step having a binding instant referendum system might work. With an eventual eye to replacing the US House.
People will say that the ordinary person is to stupid or selfish for this to work. They may be right but I think we need to work through this problem at the same time. Pulling people up rather than separating them from the system is a far more enlightened way to improve society.
- rblion 13y agoThat's a great solution. I agree with you that people have to co-evolve with the technology. The problem I see is that most people are so distracted with entertainment and 'socializing' that bigger, more important aspects of life are barely examined.
- dllthomas 13y agoI'm not sure this really does diffuse the cash that much. You still pay for eyeballs to convince people to vote the way you want them to.
- karmicthreat 13y agoTrue but I see it as having eliminated actual corruption. I think it would be much harder to swing things against the interest of people on a continuous basis. Fool some of the people some of the time... etc. I think paying for advertising eyeballs is fine in any case. If someone is dumping 100's of millions on issue voting then you should probably be paying attention to the issue. Whether for or against.
- dllthomas 13y agoQuite possible, and it also reduces the odd intersection of massive money with coalition politics. People wanting issue X will be promoting issue X, not issues Y and Z which happen to be pushed by the same party.