Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n...
by nightcracker on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:06AM
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I am aware of the issues of direct democracy, but my hope is that the "defer by default" prevents most of the issues. On top of that there'd have to be education that makes people wary of others that try to convince them to specifically vote for issues that they didn't have a strong opinion on before.
I am sure that there are ways to improve citizen participation in the democratic system, but directly voting on issues is not going to give us the sensible behaviour you might hope for. Representational democracy exists in part to prevent minorities from abuse by any majority — with direct democracy you eliminate that protection.