I think the most obvious thing is to just abolish representative democracy and replace it with direct democracy. We have more than enough technology to do this. Store votes on a blockchain, etc. Nobody can really “represent” anyone else, after all. Not everyone will want to vote on every problem, but that’s a feature, not a bug: only people who care will vote, and the decision will be made by those who are actually affected by it.
Unfortunately, this caches out to parties as well, except now it’s millions of individuals who don’t have time or expertise to research individual questions deferring to the Party voting list
I think the most obvious thing is to just abolish representative democracy and replace it with direct democracy. We have more than enough technology to do this. Store votes on a blockchain, etc. Nobody can really “represent” anyone else, after all. Not everyone will want to vote on every problem, but that’s a feature, not a bug: only people who care will vote, and the decision will be made by those who are actually affected by it.
Yes, I agree. Or at very least a much greater use of referendum in legislation making.
Unfortunately, this caches out to parties as well, except now it’s millions of individuals who don’t have time or expertise to research individual questions deferring to the Party voting list
Oh. Yeah. That’s true isn’t it. D’oh.