im not sure if you havent noticed by now, but politics is as much a personality contest as it is a question of policy choices. Pollievre is just not likeable to most canadians
I often say that politics is just a popularity contest in which we vote for the slickest liar. The politicians say what ever they think will get votes, and then do what ever they want once they are in power. We've been following this archaic ritual for generations now.
My position is that who we vote for has very little meaning. We ought to vote directly on the laws, vote recorded via blockchain publicly, and the job of the politician is to directly implement the will of the people. If they fail to implement the laws as voted upon within a reasonable time they are fired, the same as anyone who can't execute their job responsibilities, and we let someone else take a shot
So more of a direct democracy then? More control over individual issues instead of total reliance on an elected representative? Or maybe splitting the responsibility with some direct voting and some representative voting in parliament? I am intrigued. 🤔
I would describe it as direct democracy. Politicians are permitted to submit proposals for changes to laws or new bills, and so are citizens. Citizens who need assistance with structuring the legalities of the proposal and submitting their proposals and bills would be assisted by the representatives, and the legal assistance would be provided by the same teams that provide legal assistance to the current politicians.
Forget about representative votes: we don't need it. The people vote directly. The people who are most interested in a specific topic or legality are likely to be the most well informed and more likely to vote. The more important the issues are the more people will vote.
There would still be propaganda, CBC news commentary, lobbyists and institutions who try to change or influence public opinion; that happens already and probably wouldn't change that much. It is and would be the job of the citizens to properly educate, inform themselves and spread awareness on the issues that are important to them.
The votes would be recorded on public blockchain so that any attempts to hack the vote would be recorded for all posterity, for later examination etc
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u/Zlatanski 15d ago
im not sure if you havent noticed by now, but politics is as much a personality contest as it is a question of policy choices. Pollievre is just not likeable to most canadians