what we need is a site to vote on issues. the government then implements what the result of the voting is. there is no campaigning. no speeches and no bullshit. the people make all the decisions.
This cones up from time to time, and you'll get downvoted for saying it (not by me) because it's unfortunately a positively terrible approach.
Firstly, very few people, much less the "common man", understand any issue or the nuances, balances, or consequences of any one decision.
Most (not all) "issues" are much less clear-cut than you might imagine. Even issues that appear to have a high majority get bogged down by detail. "Most" would argue for gun control. Very few ever agree on what that control should look like, or how far should it go.
Simple majority voting on every issue would boil down to populist rhetoric.
For starters, I propose no taxes. Of anything, at any level. I'm pretty sure that would be popular. 49% of people explaining why taxes are necessary would result in the collapse of civilization (I'm not even being hyperbolic.)
Or what about "0% immigration, deport all non-US-citizens". That'd likely pass and next years crop will rot in the fields."
Besides, how do you even get a meaningful vote on issues without "campaigning, speeches, media, etc". Do you expect my mom to have a coherent understanding of whether the intersection of 4th and 2nd should be a stop sign, traffic light, or roundabout. Or whether the F39 7th gen fighter should be made by Lockheed or Boeing?
Firstly, very few people, much less the "common man", understand any issue or the nuances, balances, or consequences of any one decision.
Most (not all) "issues" are much less clear-cut than you might imagine. Even issues that appear to have a high majority get bogged down by detail. "Most" would argue for gun control. Very few ever agree on what that control should look like, or how far should it go.
Simple majority voting on every issue would boil down to populist rhetoric.
For starters, I propose no taxes. Of anything, at any level. I'm pretty sure that would be popular. 49% of people explaining why taxes are necessary would result in the collapse of civilization (I'm not even being hyperbolic.)
Or what about "0% immigration, deport all non-US-citizens". That'd likely pass and next years crop will rot in the fields."
Besides, how do you even get a meaningful vote on issues without "campaigning, speeches, media, etc". Do you expect my mom to have a coherent understanding of whether the intersection of 4th and 2nd should be a stop sign, traffic light, or roundabout. Or whether the F39 7th gen fighter should be made by Lockheed or Boeing?