I find strange that in a time where we can be aware of everything going on at the other side of the world, there is still a need for representative democracy.
The interested people could easily gain knowledge on complex issues and make a decision collectively.
Look at Wikipedia, it works very well and there is even no built-in mechanism to resolve conflicts!
Less democracy, more freedom. Some people want to vote about things that don't concern them in any way, and the system allows them. The bad thing about democracy is that most people are not interested in politics, and so a small minority of people is able to force-feed them their opinion. Even if most people were interested in politics and voting, it still something the remaining 49.9~% of people didn't want (doesn't really matter if 40, 30 or 20 percent - still way too much).
[+] [-] JPLeRouzic|9 years ago|reply
The interested people could easily gain knowledge on complex issues and make a decision collectively.
Look at Wikipedia, it works very well and there is even no built-in mechanism to resolve conflicts!
[+] [-] TomMarius|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] tmaly|9 years ago|reply
I think altering some of the existing amendments to strengthen the 10th amendment would go a long way towards restoring freedom and democracy.