Direct democracy existed before computers. But whether it’s a good idea to have citizens directly voting on everything is a separate question. The point of representative democracy is even stronger nowadays, in my view, as things become more complex and the public becomes both less able to comprehend the finer details and more easily swayed by mass media.
It starts as a unified system to replace an antiquated one, then we keep adding more features.
Soon, we can vote on anything a la direct democracy via the blockchain.
Eventually we ICO and then sell VoteCoins.
Wait…. back up. Nvm. The first two parts sound good though.
Direct democracy existed before computers. But whether it’s a good idea to have citizens directly voting on everything is a separate question. The point of representative democracy is even stronger nowadays, in my view, as things become more complex and the public becomes both less able to comprehend the finer details and more easily swayed by mass media.
Liquid Democracy provides the best of both worlds.