Gabriel DiCozza
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Posted - 2012.03.07 23:56:00 -
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Hiya,
Suggestion to improve the election process: let's take a look at the ideas of "liquid democracy" used by the German Pirate Party. Now I am not German, I am not a pirate, but after reading a few articles I did a quick search on the Internet and there is plenty of interesting, innovative stuff. Stuff that might more fit the format of our community than the old 19th century scheme of regular elections of representatives.
I made a blog post about it but I don't say much more than above. I just know what I read on a few pages.
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Gabriel DiCozza
Epsilon Lyr
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Posted - 2012.03.08 09:47:00 -
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Darth Gustav wrote:Gabriel DiCozza wrote:[suggestion to take a look at the Pirate Party internal "liquid democracy" and plug for my post about it] 1) Your avatar looks just like a younger David Hasselhoff, so I'm not buying your claim of a lack of german decent for one red second.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Quote:2) Elected representatives go back to ancient Greece, not merely the 1800s.
You understood what I meant. I am no specialist of Athenian democracy, but their version of it was dubbed "direct democracy" for a reason. They male citizens could all gather in the agora and speak out their mind. For logistical and other reasons, the modern democracies which have developed in the last few centuries focus on the election of permanent representatives. In this age of access, we have the opportunity to try out new methods. Not saying that Ancient Greeks or Founding Fathers were wrong, but they had more constraints than we do
I do not advocate removing the CSM or going all-direct. Even today, we have constraints to deal with and I believe dedicated individuals are needed at the end of the chain. But there is room for optimization and experimentation.
Quote:3) I didn't bother looking at your blog because I'm blinded by your resemblance to David Hasselhoff.
"Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth.
"There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me.
<- I bothered enough to search for quotes by this guy.
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