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Re:Messaging and chat control by loriverkutya on Monday August 09, 2021 @08:58AM (#28116163)
Can you please be sensible? Direct demoracy is not working with 445 million people.
Re:Messaging and chat control by lwn on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:59AM (#28116908)
In my opinion it's impossible for a small group of people/ politicians to determine what's good for 445 million people.
Re:Messaging and chat control by bondarchuk on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:24AM (#28116450)
Mathematically it's not more difficult to determine the majority vote among 400 million people, than among 10 million. What would prevent it from working for you?
Re:Messaging and chat control by tchalla on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:44AM (#28116714)
> it's not more difficult to determine the majority vote among 400 million people

Democracy is not majority voting.

Re:Messaging and chat control by thegrimmest on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:01AM (#28117785)
"a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives."

Basically it is. You don't need representatives to be democratic.

Re:Messaging and chat control by effie on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:31AM (#28116533)
It could work, just do referendum in every country and then implement the result. It would require that people in power in all countries wanted to give power to their people, and implemented it securely. Which is why it won't happen.
Re:Messaging and chat control by herbst on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#28116465)
Yes? Any data for that?
Re:Messaging and chat control by loriverkutya on Monday August 09, 2021 @04:26PM (#28121942)
No direct democracy existed in known history with 445 million people.