Direct democracy on every issue is impractical. Every person cannot read every single bill and vote on it. Thus representative democracy or a democratic republic is much more practical. Maybe initially on Mars with less than a few hundred people, but a million people will need representative government.
The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled "Elon." Two houses of Parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet.
Democracy is an inappropriate model for Mars governance. Hell. It's an inappropriate model for governance on Earth. Even democratic tenets are troublesome.
Just to put in my word before this thread get canned: Yes, you can setup your own personal representative. Personal digital assistant is already on the horizon, it's not hard to imagine by the time Mars is colonized, you can have an personal wearable AI monitoring your every move/speech/online posting and deduce your political leanings from your behavior and vote accordingly for you, once a while it can let you confirm the vote in order to calibrate its actions.
Elon has been spending too much time with a lot of smart people, he should come down, talk to average Joe and understand that most people are not smart enough for direct democracy to work.
Tough environments, where life is precarious, require at least technocratic ruling, perhaps even military ruling.Direct democracy does not work because it assumes an average level of intelligence that does not exist. Elon has been spending too much time with a lot of smart people, he should come down, talk to average Joe and understand that most people are not smart enough for direct democracy to work.
Quote from: IRobot on 12/25/2017 03:04 pmElon has been spending too much time with a lot of smart people, he should come down, talk to average Joe and understand that most people are not smart enough for direct democracy to work.Well, it wont be average Joes going to Mars..
But let me suggest the evidence that US "Voting machines" have been shown to have very poor security and the poor build quality of much modern software should give any sensible person pause for a lot of thought.The vote you key into your app might not be the one that shows up on the totalizer.
Quote from: john smith 19 on 12/25/2017 03:27 pmBut let me suggest the evidence that US "Voting machines" have been shown to have very poor security and the poor build quality of much modern software should give any sensible person pause for a lot of thought.The vote you key into your app might not be the one that shows up on the totalizer.Im extremely suspicious of electronic voting machines, and moreso of the motivation to move to them.
Quote from: AC in NC on 12/25/2017 02:35 amDemocracy is an inappropriate model for Mars governance. Hell. It's an inappropriate model for governance on Earth. Even democratic tenets are troublesome.Somebody much cleverer than you and I put together said the following: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/267224-democracy-is-the-worst-form-of-government-except-for-all