Re:Why Technology Favors Tyranny
by lubonay on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:04AM
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Very good point about Russia - and I would expand it to most of the former Soviet block and Eastern Europe.
Democracy only works if voters are competent and the vote counting process is fair. Without rule of law, you get coerced/bribed voters filling ballot boxes and criminals tallying the results.
Re:Why Technology Favors Tyranny
by pjc50 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:47AM
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Not just around voting - it's the whole infrastructure of public accountability. There needs to be some way to prevent the elected from simply giving themselves the state oil company, etc.
Democracy only works if voters are competent and the vote counting process is fair. Without rule of law, you get coerced/bribed voters filling ballot boxes and criminals tallying the results.