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Liquidfeedback: What A Genuine Democratic Process Looks Like | David Bollier
LiquidFeedback and online deliberative democracy
At a time when representative democracy is increasingly revealed as ineffectual, phony or both – a kabuki theater of empty formalisms that disguise the offstage conspiracies of corporate/state elites – many people look to the Internet for salvation. After all, the Internet is…
The crudeness of representative democracy
But the problem with representative democracy is that public opinion can only be expressed crudely. Citizens vote every few years – and then a single legislator is said to “represent” you and tens of thousands of other citizens for a fixed term. But if circumstances change, if…
Mission Statement « Liquidfeedback – Interactive Democracy
Liquid democracy and delegated votes
A representative democracy is founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people. Usually you elect a representative (individual or party) for a fixed term – if you change your mind during the term – you can’t do much about it. Also representatives usually…