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So you want to reform democracy
Curated:
04/12/2015 from
medium.com/@joshuatauberer/so-you-want-to-reform-democracy-7f3b1ef10597#.ipo8lqlad
my notes ( ? )
If there was an idea that could ‘fix’ democracy, it would have been thought-up already...
When I started working on GovTrack, I thought I was building an accountability tool. If only the American public had more information they could head-off failures in government by voting more effectively in elections. ... I was wrong.
The world is complicated and for good reason we elect representatives to make decisions so we don’t have to read 2,000-page bills... You can’t fix a broken machine until you study it and see how it works...
Don’t try to solve problems you don’t experience yourself without actually engaging with the people who have those problems.
Power comes from organized groups. If you want people to have power, then you want to help them connect with others and teach them how to carry out effective advocacy together. That’s hard.
- So you want to reform democracy — Medium
When I started working on GovTrack, I thought I was building an accountability tool. If only the American public had more information they could head-off failures in government by voting more effectively in elections. ... I was wrong.
The world is complicated and for good reason we elect representatives to make decisions so we don’t have to read 2,000-page bills... You can’t fix a broken machine until you study it and see how it works...
Don’t try to solve problems you don’t experience yourself without actually engaging with the people who have those problems.
Power comes from organized groups. If you want people to have power, then you want to help them connect with others and teach them how to carry out effective advocacy together. That’s hard.
- So you want to reform democracy — Medium
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