Mastodawn

@ChrisMayLA6 Echoes of the past can be heard in the problems of the present. The revolutionary notion of democracy was put on hiatus in 1787, and the coup of the oligarchs continues to this day. https://riverasun.com/oligarchy-as-american-as-poisoned-apple-pie
#WeThePeoples need to stop history repeating itself & learn from it. #Justice #universalequality #universaleducation #UnityInDiversity planetisation is the only future for these things. #patriarchalcapitalism has to end as part of that process.
A possible way forward, no professional politicians, a well trained, accountable, and properly staffed civil service. #Cosmolocalism through peoples assemblies, sortition. To my mind, that is #participativedemocracy
The representative democracy experiment needs to end.

Oligarchy: As American As Poisoned Apple Pie - Rivera Sun

by Rivera Sun The current struggle between democracy and oligarchy in the United States traces its roots back to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention where the wealthy elite pulled off a counter-revolutionary coup to stifle democracy. Oligarchs are as American as poisoned apple pie. Their wealth and power look mouth-wateringly good, but with every bite, democracy […]

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Herefordrob Mar 4

A way forward, no professional politicians, a well trained, accountable, and properly staffed civil service. #Cosmolocalism through peoples assemblies, sortition. To my mind, that is #participativedemocracy
Representative democracy experiment which needs to end.

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Killian Mangan🇮🇪May 24, 2024

I heard some great ideas - including building a skatepark on a newly locally-owned South Quays.

I can't wait until communities are empowered to make these ideas a reality!

https://youtu.be/f6JMgJAQ2tc

#DirectDemocracy #ParticipativePlanning #Decidim #DéiseDecides #PublicPlanning #Waterford #ParticipativeDemocracy #ParticipativeDesign #ParticipativeBudgeting

Decidim: From social to political network

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Ecologia Digital Mar 12, 2024

"The #vTaiwan process consists of four successive stages—proposal, opinion, reflection and legislation—supported by a selection of colloborative #opensource engagement tools.
And an interesting leading edge of vTaiwan development is the use of #3Dcameras in live-streamed #stakeholderdialogues to allow observers with appropriate apps to immerse themselves in #virtualreality representations of those conversations."
#TaiwanDemocracy
#Taiwan #ParticipativeDemocracy
https://info.vtaiwan.tw/#three