Crowds intelligence should not be underestimated

To Say that all consensus on most decisions may be driven by emotion and not practicality …. well Tell me its different at the moment….

AT the moment we (Democratic Societies) have elected officials who make decisions based on what they think their constituents think/want/need.

The people who usually get their voices heard on a day to day basis are the ones who complain the loudest, and they do that because they have high emotions.

For Example, Australian Filters on the internet are based on an emotive response by the a minority of very vocal people, and by special interest groups with a vested interest.

Now if the policy was explained on Facebook, with the ability to be evolved based on feedback, also allow people to soft vote, Politicians would gain an understanding more about what a larger group of their constituents feel. They could evolve future policy… Write laws that are more fair to a larger group of their residents, retire old laws which hinder justice more than help it.

I truly believe as a Parent I am have a more long term interest in making my children’s life better than an official who’s job is at risk every few year, if he doesn’t help this company/minority group pass their legislation through .

No, she did not. That was propaganda invented by Russeau about an unspecific “princess” when Marie Antoinette didn’t yet live in France (possibly even before she was born).

I’ll leave it to you to muse about how that is relevant to your idea.

Besides, the way I see it, there is a good reason that democratic governments operate by having a set of elected representatives representing different groups of people. These elected representatives are supposed to be the voices of the people they represent (of course, whether they actually do so is a different matter). And if/when democracy works as it is supposed to, there would be a natural selection process for the representatives based on their past performance and/or their projected future potential.

Also, by keeping the number of representatives a small set, you keep the decision-making process fairly manageable. But if you were to poll the entire population of a country to make any government-related decision, well.. even the survey results might just provide the fuel to start new racial clashes for no good reason!!!

Just my personal opinion.

I mean, how many people really care about what kind of life their children’s children will live in. Your current life and times are difficult enough.