• Libb@piefed.social
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        2 months ago

        We did not design it but we let them keep on screwing us, over and over.

        It would barely be a caricature to say the EU politics for the Last 35 years has been a constant middle finger towards EU-citizens. And most of us saying something like ‘well, not my problem’…

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        2 months ago

        Make a new party for which the only policy point is to change the voting system.

        Say “vote for us and we change the voting system and the immediately resign and make way for a new vote”.

        But the people don’t want that, because they get played against each other.

        • Tehdastehdas@piefed.social
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          2 months ago

          Various democracy systems exist without corruptible representatives. At least direct democracy is used, and is susceptible to populism and propaganda. Computer-aided deliberative democracy sounds about right.