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Great point. I'm assuming the appropriate counter measures would be a constitution, separation of powers, etc. For arguments sake, your (christian fundamentalis
by MichaelAO 12y ago
Great point. I'm assuming the appropriate counter measures would be a constitution, separation of powers, etc. For arguments sake, your (christian fundamentalist) concerns would eventually be mitigated through education/scientific literacy - a processes which has been naturally occurring one funeral at a time. This is in contrast to the existing tyranny of the minority/corporate interests in which self correction doesn't seem to exist.
I posted this link after reading the Ethereum white paper: (https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/%5BEnglish%5D-White-Paper https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/%5BEnglish%5D-White-Pa...)
It mentions 'liquid democracy' in the context of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization. Ideally, you'd be able to delegate or set up a proxy to vote on your behalf on specific issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegative_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegative_democracy
Generally speaking, our underlying political structures are archaic. I think this is what's fundamentally wrong, not any individual agent. It's worth thinking about alternatives. Demoex is interesting in that it radically alters the political structure without requiring it to be torn down.