If you're still out there Martin, I have to confess that Votorola has
nothing to do with direct democracy, after all.
I was wrong to use terms like "sovereign consensus", implying that
people (or their collective agreements) might carry the force of
political power. Literally, direct democracy means the rule of the
people, of course. I no longer think that rulers or power have a
place in the ideals of democracy (or of whatever comes next, when we
can no longer speak of a "-cratos" ).
I think that new media (like Votorola) will remove decision making
(and much of politics) from the hands of power. I think that the
*making* of decisions will be cleanly separated from the power to
*effect* them. This isn't a new concept, either; it's already there
in social theory, and in history. Not that I understand those fields,
very deeply. But it makes perfect sense to an old engineer, like me,
that the power systems ought not to interfere with the guidance
systems! (And if anyone doubts that power can be guided without
force, I'll point you to the control wires that are built into the
fabric of democracy itself. Those wires will perform their function,
just as their designers foresaw!)
Anyway, I've rejigged the home page. If anyone's out there, I'm
interested in other points of view,
I think you're right to pursue votorola independently of power
politics. It is a tool for building consensus. What happens after a
consensus is achieved depends, for instance, on the scale at which it
has been achieved.
If it represents a real majority in any given jurisdiction it will
rapidly bring about the realignment of that jurisdiction with the
consensus.
If it does not it will perhaps be utilized in an encompassing
consensus within its jurisdiction.
The means through which a consensus shared by a majority realigns its
jurisdiction with itself will depend on the nature of the political
power structure in contr of that jurisdiction.
Those are good reasons. Politics suddenly makes sense when the
decisions are insulated from power. What a sea change it is, at this
late stage, to come to understand... it has a rather different feel.
I'm surprised how the design of the code isn't affected. It still
chugs along on its course. Only the world has been spun around and
reoriented.
We have definitely power separated from the people in Sweden right now and it makes absolutely no sense. If http://www.aktivdemokrati.se had been a big party in Sweden there would not be surveillance on the people by the politicians. The people does not want it, and says so loudly, but the politicians in power did not care about the people's opinion at all, and will not likely care much in the future unless we start changing the system from within. Direct democracy makes more sense than ever.
I meant that it's possible and desirable to *control* power without
actually *holding* it. I agree that Swedes (and others) have no such
control today.
I think you are wrong. Short term greed will then constantly rule this planet no matter what the people want. Every election our hopes will be up for the next candidate (supported by the short term greed).
The candidate will take four years of this opportunity and start wars, keep them going or whatever the short term greedy supporter demands....or I am afraid will be removed instantly by the same short term greed.
The only way to get stability is that the power rests firmly with the people directly. Demo-cracy, people-rule.
People must be able to shift politicians instantly and decide in important issues, themselves. This will also increase awareness of politics, which is the foundation for democracy ... or it will turn into Idiocracy where the people are unable to choose wisely ... and the result might be a new Hitler...
I think the end result of direct democracy will be one planet of thinking people who will be able to relax more, enjoy life more and will realize that we should try to save this planet by making some very hard decisions about oil consumption etc.
It is not enough if 4% can think this way. 94% will then continue to elect red or blue assholes as usual.
We must take the power where it it is and give it to the people. It is the only way and it is logical and it will happen. You will decide the speed by deciding if you want to start the viral spread of this I write and also by deciding in which intensity you want to contribute.
I decided to take two hours every day to spread this instead of watching TV. Instead of going to gym I take my bicycle to work and save time and money. I
This money I will give to the party in the election 2010. Now. You decide what is the right thing to do and then just do it.
I may be wrong, as you say. We agree roughly on aims, I think. So
maybe it's not a bad thing to disagree on the methods. After all, you
can try your method, and I can try mine. Whether we succeed or fail,
we'll learn more from two experiences than from one.
It can also be called devide and conquer by people who want to keep the power. They start fake organizations leading nowhere ... like yours ... in my opinion. I believe however that people will see through this and go for real direct democracy like www.aktivdemokrati.se instead.
SimonB. skrev:Har ni pratat med dem?
Edit:
Jag har spanat lite närmare. De programmerar i Java och bygger "en tekniklösning" som får växa fram allt eftersom. Liknande AD:s tankar har de delegeringar och röstsummering, men möjligen tillåts ej kontinuerlig röstning. Vidare har de en övervakningsprocess http://zelea.com/project/votorola/a/des ... -interface som helt saknar anonymitet, i väntan på bra ideer på lösningar. Att deras övervakning är ett internt system som levererar "filer" - och gigantiska sådana till på köpet - gör inte saken bättre. Men de har rätt i att det blir väldigt mycket data med alla röstningsvärden. (Har vi några trådar om verifierbarhet av röstresultat?)
Deras projekt är väldigt Toronto-specifikt för nu i alla fall. Att de vill använda ett förtroende-nätverk som är inbyggt i systemet är också lite underligt - och vad jag förstår lätt att komma runt. Jag kan tänka mig att det i Sverige går att få fram verifierade röstlängder, samt att man kan använda BankID eller liknande som ger ett verifierat personnummer. Detta kunde användas till att få ut en "röstningsbiljett" som man sedan kan byta med vem man vill "på stan" för att veta att om någon hackar systemet och vill se vem som röstat vad så blir det ändå förväxlat för alla som bytt biljetter. (Sedlar?)
Jo, och de skrev något till Martin: http://groups.google.com/group/votorola ... 890a238ade
Det skulle gå göra skriftspråksanalys och Fra åt skogen kan göra sina trafikdata/sociogram-analyser och båda metoderna skulle snabbt koppla ihop en debattörs alias med personen bakom. Tyvärr.
Sedan detta med personuppgifter i medlemsregistret. Vad säger datainspektionen om personnr kopplat till registrering av politiska åsikter?
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