I think we should go back to a real democracy, not a representative republic.
Why can't all citizens vote online?
We bank online, we pay our taxes online. We could develop a system that is more secure than the local polling stations we have now and vote on laws, regulations and budgets all online.
We don't need congress. We would vote on laws ourselves. We would vote on the budget ourselves. We could even vote on budget proposals line by line. Voting out any projects that only favor local communities. We could approve or disprove going to war. The president would answer to us directly.
Some would this is would be chaos, but it could be implemented on the local level first and then scaled bigger.
Others say that the common person can't understand laws. I say it's imperative that everyone be able to understand our laws. If a law is too complicated, then it shouldn't be a law.
Why can't all citizens vote online?
We bank online, we pay our taxes online. We could develop a system that is more secure than the local polling stations we have now and vote on laws, regulations and budgets all online.
We don't need congress. We would vote on laws ourselves. We would vote on the budget ourselves. We could even vote on budget proposals line by line. Voting out any projects that only favor local communities. We could approve or disprove going to war. The president would answer to us directly.
Some would this is would be chaos, but it could be implemented on the local level first and then scaled bigger.
Others say that the common person can't understand laws. I say it's imperative that everyone be able to understand our laws. If a law is too complicated, then it shouldn't be a law.
Anyways, just my thoughts.