• szczur@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don’t really feel representative democracy falls into a category of democracy anymore.

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      1 year ago

      In our modern age, it really doesn’t. We have the infrastructure to make direct democracy possible, we just lack the political will to take responsibility for our communities and vote and be informed as much as that would require. As humans, not as a nation in particular.

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        1 year ago

        We have the technology, but not the social skills. Most of America doesn’t know their next door neighbors, let alone their community. We have a lot of steps to go before direct democracy is the best solution.