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Hmm I think this would actually be a step backwards... direct democracy is technically and technologically more primitive than representative democracy and far less capable of handling modernity. Witness the quagmire of ballot initiative politics.
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I have been muttering about “radical liberal democracy” for a while now. Surely we can come up with more democratic institutions than infrequent votes for representatives.
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I concur that direct democracy is terrible. But what other democratic institutions are possible? Proportional representation schemes trivial with contemporary computation which were impossible in the 18th century? Legislation by jurors chosen by lot? What else?
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