Liquid Democracy In Simple Terms

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Recommends ZenoArrow · 2016-06 · on “The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it”

I'm from the UK, I'd definitely agree that the Swiss model of democracy is better than what we have here. The only model I'd suggest that may be even better than direct democracy is liquid democracy (which is a close relative of direct democracy), but seeing as no countries have adopted it I'd say the Swiss model is the best example of how an effective democracy functions. For those interested in learning what liquid democracy is, this is a brief introduction: [this video]

Recommends ZenoArrow · 2016-07 · on “Rwanda is becoming a hub for expanding tech companies”

Yes, it's a safety valve to guard against dysfunctional democracies. It's a compromise, and yes you will limit the service of both good and bad leaders, but that doesn't make the compromise any less valid. Many people fear change, and don't like to admit they made a mistake, and base a lot of their vote on personality rather than achievement, and as a result of these factors people can keep voting for someone even if they do a poor or mediocre job. I personally believe the best form of democracy would be something along the lines of a liquid democracy, coupled with a constitution that protected the rights of everyone (to ensure those with minority viewpoints would always be entitled to a bas

Cites amelius · 2015-03 · on “The Pirate Party is now measured as the biggest political party in Iceland”

This is very interesting. I hope they can implement some of their ideas in the areas of an online democracy, where voting becomes more informed, and decisions more transparent [1,2] Iceland could be the first country with a "liquid democracy" [2] [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]

Cites killerpopiller · 2015-03 · on “DemocracyOS”

others made such software before, also member of the pirate party germany. It's called liquid democracy and ads delegation possibilities to trusted fellows. This delegation option is chainable and thus address certain problems already pointed out in this thread: lack of time, knowledge to make an informed decision,.. DemocracyOS falls short in this obvious matters and could ad this feature, since delegation is a core feature It is fieldtested in small northern german communities by their city councils I think. [this video] [LINK]

Cites ZenoArrow · 2016-04 · on “Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy”

There's a system that, in my opinion, is even better (fairer, less prone to corruption) than sortition, and that's liquid democracy (a.k.a. delegative democracy): [LINK] [this video] The idea being, you can let people vote on your behalf, or you can vote directly, and you have the freedom to choose between these on an issue by issue basis.

Cites ZenoArrow · 2017-07 · on “A Call for Candidates”

Direct democracy has its problems too. I'd suggest the best compromise is liquid democracy, where you have the right to take a direct vote, but can also defer your voting power to elected official(s) that you trust to act in your interests. [this video]

Cites fredsir · 2020-05 · on “Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds”

> Oh, I absolutely agree with you that we should fix it. But I also believe that you're fundamentally wrong about why we have it good over here. It's institutions and culture that brings about this quality of life, not exploitation. The exploitation helps, don't get me wrong, but it's the cherry on the top. If everything but the First World was swallowed by the oceans, our life style would change and the quality of life would drop somewhat, but not by that much. We don't depend on cheap labor in China to produce goods, but we'll gladly use it to produce even more goods so everyone can have five pairs of shoes and a big screen TV. Those aren't quality of life issues though, they are a luxury.