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OutOfHere ◴[14 Jul 25 16:39 UTC] No.44562160[source]▶

In this day and age, why can't we just have electronic direct democracy on policy issues (subject to any logical constraints)? As needed, the votes can optionally be weighed by how informed a voter is. It is like sortition, but the sample size is the population size.

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1. dennis_jeeves2 ◴[14 Jul 25 18:12 UTC] No.44563374[source]▶

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>optionally be weighed by how informed a voter is.

Lol, who decides who is more informed? ( at the end of the day, might is right)

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