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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by jrochkind1 on Monday August 31, 2015 @08:51PM (#10150063)
There are plenty of places to experiment with this system before you get to actual state government. Internal to corporations or organizations or voluntary associations, the latter of which especially have votes all the time (and/or might even more with a good infrastructure for it).
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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by mistermann on Monday August 31, 2015 @09:17PM (#10150157)
I can envision a lot of people in corporate middle management having a bit of a problem with the very idea of democratic decision making. An extremely large part of the allure of those positions is power and controlling which information filters up the management chain.
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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by crdoconnor on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @03:07AM (#10151085)
This is why it will never be implemented on any meaningful scale in any corporate environment. At least, not without the backing of a strong union.
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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by qznc on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @04:40AM (#10151321)
There is plenty of room for "meaningless" democracy in corporate environment. Vote on lunchroom menu for example.
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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by Sven7 on Monday August 31, 2015 @10:52PM (#10150441)
Good point and it is quite interesting.

I am wondering about the effect it might have on standards bodies. Is it even possible to implement it there?

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Re:Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporat... by NoGravitas on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @08:27AM (#10151863)
Neighborhoods and municipalities would be another good target. You could use it to implement [libertarian municipalism][0] (which has nothing to do with US-style right-libertarianism).

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_municipalism

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