In my younger days I thought direct democracy was unworkable, but now I realise that might have just been my brain conforming to the bourgeois representative government status quo.

Obviously we easily have the tech to do DD these days, everyone has a smart phone in their pocket, we could do it instantly and on the go. But how you could manage a planned economy that way I’m not sure.

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    One area direct democracy could work well is where you want the law tied to popular notions of morality -- think referendums like "should X be a crime?" You'd probably want something like 60%+ of people to agree before criminalizing anything, though.

    In terms of more technocratic questions (e.g., does this industry-specific regulation make sense?) you'd want some expert input.