Not direct democracy, not the rule of the people

Michael Allan mike at zelea.com
Sat Jul 11 07:24:37 EDT 2009


Fred wrote:
> Thank you for updating me on the current state of Votorola.  Methinks
> I let eagerness overcome knowledge.  In more prosaic terms, that's
> called 'Jumping to a conclusion'.  I apologize.

(No, it was just me jumping at the opportunity to talk about my
 favourite subject - all the cool things yet to be coded.)

> My guess is that we couldn't implement PD (Practical Democracy) until
> some community made participation mandatory.  That drawback does not
> exist with Professor Pivato's PD (Pyramidal Democracy).

We'll give them the means to make it mandatory.  Votorola can vote up
new laws.  But you'll have to implement the method in some way
beforehand - at least as a demonstration - so they know what they're
voting for.

- Mike



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