Belgium’s experiment in a new kind of democracy

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[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Who controls the randomized variants? That one is who rules. Same as those who count the ballots.

[–]Intuit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The first step is to pare down the things put up for a vote. Most of what is voted on today should have never come under government control. Democracy can't fix the situation where people vote on whether everyone is getting iPhones or Android phones.