[singularity2001]

On the other hand, the Information Age might for the first time in history enable true democracy, where every political decision can instantaneously be made by the voting populous. (not that farce of a democracy where a highspeed jet is allegedly steered by the binary input of "left" or "right" every four years)

[heavenlyblue]

You can technically vote on any little detail but it doesn’t mean you have time to analyse every one of those little details.

[JumpCrisscross]

> the Information Age might for the first time in history enable true democracy

We’ve had true democracy. It doesn’t work. It careens into majoritarianism while hyperpartisanship tears it apart. The American system balances democracy against oligarchic and monarchic stabilisers. One could argue that our present situation results from forgetting the need for that balance.