The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
CO-DECIDING WITH CITIZENS: TOWARDS DIGITAL DEMOCRACY AT EU LEVEL Elisa Bruno, EU Policies and Outreach Manager, ECAS A new Deliberative-Collaborative eDemocracy model is emerging worldwide. This model can ensure high quality policy-making by involving citizens directly in the policy process through the use of Web 2.0 facilities to enhance and manage large-scale information in a …
“One very simple, but radical, idea: to democratise Europe.” An interview with Yanis Varoufakis I followed my own thinking through to the extent that I can, logically, and reached the conclusion that a pan-European movement is the only solution. … why this should be a movement, and not a party and not an elite.
Could We Open Source Democracy? Pia Mancini wants to upgrade democracy with the open source mobile platform Democracy OS. It aims to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and to get politicians to actively listen to what they say. Read more, listen to audio.
Liquid democracy, its challenges and its forebears Whereas a growing amount of decision-making software is currently in use in the political arena, LiquidFeedback‘s distinctive feature is the possibility for users to delegate their vote to other users by topic.
Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) & Feasible Implementation Six offerings against the doctrines which state “We cannot change the system” or “There is no better system than the current one”!
Political decision-making by elected representatives is far removed from those who go to the election booth once every four or five years. Liquid democracy uses the internet to reduce the distance between citizens and decision makers… Liquid Democracy: The App That Turns Everyone into a Politician Liquid Democracy is one of the boldest contemporary innovations …
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When propaganda displaces democracy Nothing in a democracy is outside the reach of propaganda, from media to politics to education. Its influence on citizens’ choices can’t be overstated — and is even harder to overcome. In his new book, How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley, a Yale philosophy professor, explains it’s always been that way. Stanley …
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