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On The subject of direct democracy and of
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You might remember me from the playground. I'm that bully, who runs around stomping on your hometown.

Just kidding. This is Kid Analog here, number one Hero Of Earth. At the moment, I am the youngest person to install two 30kw systems on two separate buildings. I am also the youngest person ever to reach 50,000 pages written. At 29, I'm doing just fine.

Back in the day though, when i was just a little kid, the internet was just beginning to flip the lid off of the media and presenting the facts at a rapid pace was something that everyone wasn't used to. Somepeople wanted to do an about face in the face of disaster, blaming Y2K as a reason for laughter. The powerlines went down in 2003, but that was the result of a tree [wiki:blackout2003].

But I'm a member yes. A member of the Otherpeople party. When people ask me what party I like, I say I'm a member of the Other People Party. Which people? They ask. '

The other people are not represented. Let's face it. Democrats represent the wealthy elite. Just the liberal wealthy elite. The only thing that separates Democrats from Republicans is the liberal/conservative thing, but the one thing they share is the wealthy elite status that they achieved.

We need lawyers. And people willing to defend the principles of True Democracy. Because these wealthy elite are willing to do anything to preserve their position. Even lying (bush, iraq war), stealing (the bailout bill: HA! next time they're gonna need a bailout bill is when they're all in jail.

Point being. We can stop this mess from getting any worse. And i'll explain how. We need to rebuild a new subculture first. Open the doors on all of those organizations that falsify facts, and invite their key members to debates that are basically like rounds of jeopardy. I'd like to actually see this happen.

I'd like to see all of this happen. But first, a few steps that will help us to get there.

1. democratic coffeeshop

help promote

2. the rules of direct democracy
Imagine a world where people decide everything, and there is no need for government representation.
It's going to be tough, because it's a far shot from the world we live in. But you can try.

In this world, you have a cellphone with voting technology capabilities. You may get a text message once a week regarding a new piece of legislation. You do some research, you answer some questions about it, and then you send it in. Your vote.

Or let's say you don't. Perhaps you don't have time for it, or you can't really decide, or it doesn't interest you. More than half the voters must vote yes in order to pass the bill.

The reason this becomes complicated is because people generally don't vote "NO." And passage of a bill is one thing, whereas the restructuring of the constitution is another.

In this system, though, imagine that you do have the power to vote on every bill.

Senators still vote. Their vote is counted as greater in proportion to the rest of the population, by nature of the fact that they were elected by popular vote.

House of representatives have a new role. Their role is to be the advocates or disadvocates of various bills that pass upon the floor. House reps advocate positions on bills to people.

If < 2/3 constituency does not vote, house member decides vote on bill.

In order to vote, a person must pass 75% on a test about the bill.

If more than 1/2 of the population does not pass the test about the bill in order to vote on it, the bill must be revised and re-voted on.

16 years of age is the point where voting becomes possible, to actively engage young citizens in public awareness. If they can drive, they can vote.

Have a 50-state senator office pool.
kind of like march madness, only to see who can guess the most senators.

Have a cellphone voting practice round
direct democracy can be simple! every person over 18 has ONE cellphone. And for the few people who have more than one, that's fine! Just as long as we can figure out which politician is eating dishes with the phone companies!