What is Direct Democracy and why have it?
It’s always a good idea to start out with a definition of things so we are all clear. First of all, the bigger question is.. “What is democracy?” Everybody knows what democracy is don’t they that’s something that we learn at school and from our parents, it’s people having a say… Right? No. Democracy is…
The Theoretical Frameworks of Direct Democracy in the United States
This article takes a looks at what theoretical models for Direct Democracy exist already in the United States. It’s generated by AI from Google. The models have been created by anti Direct Democracy proponents, since the arguments focus on perception of what they might see as negative aspects to Direct Democracy. For each of the risk factors identified below, there are ways to mitigate risk, such as the way Switzerland has had implemented for generations. But lets take a look and see..
Cultural and Cognitive Transformations Amidst a Global Shift Towards Authoritarianism (2020-2025)
The past five years, from 2020 to 2025, have witnessed a profound and accelerating global shift towards authoritarian governance, fundamentally reshaping societal structures and individual thought processes. Data from leading democracy assessment organizations, such as the V-Dem Institute and Freedom House, consistently illustrate a sustained decline in democratic freedoms, with an increasing majority of the world’s population now residing in autocratic states
How the World’s Shift Towards Authoritarianism is Changing Our Lives and Minds (2020-2025)
Over the last five years, the world has seen a big change: more and more countries are moving towards a style of government where leaders have a lot of control and people have fewer freedoms. This isn’t just about politics; it’s deeply changing our daily lives and even how we think.
Citizen Sentiment Towards Governing Authorities in the US: A Multi-Tiered Analysis of Trust and Perception
Read the full 22 page report below: Citizen sentiment toward governing authorities in the United States presents a complex and often paradoxical landscape. Public trust in the federal government has remained persistently low for decades, characterized by widespread frustration and significant partisan and demographic divides. In stark contrast, citizens generally express higher levels of confidence…
Global support for the as yet non existant Direct Democracy system
Around the world 70% of people support the concept of Direct Democracy versus 77% support for Representative Democracy. That’s despite Direct Democracy not even existing yet. We share important information here from Pew Research. Full details of this research at https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/02/28/representative-democracy-remains-a-popular-ideal-but-people-around-the-world-are-critical-of-how-its-working/ Enthusiasm for Representative Democracy has slipped in many nations since 2017. And the survey…
System Structure
The system has several fundamental structures, each with many subsystems. This is to manage many different Systems, Entities, Proposals, People, Processes, Organizations, Blogs, Sortitions, Votes, Meetings, Conferences, Initiatives, Information Sources, Administrators, Debates, Pages, Budgets, Accountability Frameworks. It is basically designed to replicate, in a far more manageable, organised and tangible fashion, the Town Hall meetings…
Hubs: What are they? How do they work?
A hub is an entity that uses our democracy software for its own purposes. A hub enables a group of people, from a small community group all the way up to many millions in size, to manage it’s own decisions democratically and fairly. A hub could represent all the people of a given area or…
Platform begins availability
Today we begin platform availability for democratic decision making. We aren’t coming with a magic solution. There’s no immediate solution to governance issues, because the only long term solution to those issues, is to give people the power instead of just a few. That will not happen quickly. This is the first public step. The…
What do you get for pretending the danger to society is not real?
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland awayOnly dimly aware of a certain unease in the airYou better watch outThere may be dogs aboutI’ve looked over Jordan and I have seenThings are not what they seem What do you get for pretending the danger’s not real?Meek and obedient you follow the leaderDown well trodden corridors…
Hello fellow Freedom Festivians 2025!
A really key idea- thats really just so simple- we wanted to share with you was Direct Democracy, A.K.A. Decentralization. This is the system that enables the people to decide, not politicians. Its not impossible or unworkable, there is other countries that do use it and allow the people to overrule the government on issues that do not work for the people. The idea is to listen to ALL the people not just a few elites.
