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Houshalter on June 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Online Voting Is a Danger to Democracy

It doesn't work because the public is uniformed on 99.99% of issues. And most don't have the patience to listen to the long debates and do the research on every single issue.

If shitty TV significantly influence major elections, imagine how bad it would be if we were a direct democracy.

openvote on June 14, 2016 [–]

People will participate in the issues they follow. Plus, voting on ethics is something anybody can do.

You are right about TV though. That would be a whole new level of debate.

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