Re:Facebook will never take responsibility for fake news
by nickik on Monday March 20, 2017 @11:05AM
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I believe this to be correct. You have to change the political system. From a technical perspective it is easy, we know about voting systems, we know how gerrymandering works and how to fight it.
Many people don't know that the Swiss System is actually based on the American one, with some small differences. These differences have lead to at totally different result. Switzerland has about 12 parties in the lower house and 6 in the upper. The President and his Ministers are replaced by a council of ministers (7) that is elected by the parliament, currently 4 parties are represented.
The US would not need to copy the Swiss model, but some changes that lead to similar effects would help the US political system and the 'fake news' problem.
Many people don't know that the Swiss System is actually based on the American one, with some small differences. These differences have lead to at totally different result. Switzerland has about 12 parties in the lower house and 6 in the upper. The President and his Ministers are replaced by a council of ministers (7) that is elected by the parliament, currently 4 parties are represented.
The US would not need to copy the Swiss model, but some changes that lead to similar effects would help the US political system and the 'fake news' problem.
A good place to start: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7679C7ACE93A5638