A radical proposal for direct democracy in large societies

Abstract

RESumO: Argumenta-se que a democracia direta é atingível, mas apenas em formas que se conectam às experiências da vida diária. Ao modificar as instituições existentes de governança é pragmaticamente possível alcançar uma sociedade que se assemelhe a utopias distantes. uma proposta baseia-se no argumento de que todos os sistemas eleitorais são inerentemente fraudulentos sob qualquer regime. Pelo contrário, a democracia direta só pode fornecer igualdade substantiva. Portanto sugere-se que os poderes legislativo e judicial devem ser preenchidos por sorteio, deixando as demos como o executivo através de votação pela Internet modelada no princípio de proposições do estado. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: democracia; eleições; teoria social; sistemas políticos.ABSTRACT: It is argued direct democracy is attainable but only in ways that connect to the experiences of daily life. By modifying existing institutions of governance it is pragmatically possible to achieve a society resembling distant utopias. One proposal is based on the argument that all electoral systems are inherently fraudulent under any regime. Rather, direct democracy alone can provide substantive equality. Therefore it is suggested legislative and judicial branches be filled by lottery while leaving the demos as the executive through internet voting modeled on the principle of state propositions. KEyWORDS: democracy; elections; social theory; political systems. JEL Classification: D7; D72.Representative democracy has resulted in a system where those who own the means of production effectively control the political process (Asimakopoulos, 2011;Domhoff, 1975Domhoff, , 2010 mills, 2000[1956). Consequently most public policy tends to privilege corporate interests over those of the community and the environment. under a political system of direct representation such corporate dominance could be