Ask HN: Is there a technology that could enable global direct democracy?

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Let's say there is an independent group of 100M people, from all over the world. Its members should be able to regularly vote on certain policies, in an anonymous way, potentially against the interests of state and corporate actors.

Is there a technology that could enable such voting and lay reliable ground for a direct democracy?

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We have to invent it. It's probably based on blockchain highly unprobably anonymous because we are real person, with identity and part of a real world society. It has to be uncorruptible and to give ability to express opinions in a trustful and peaceful way. Some intents are on the way. Most of them labeled as 'participative democracy'. It's a very complicated tool as it has to radically change our way to interact together on the internet, without the hate, the anger, the impatience. It's a tool which make us express the most beautiful and wise part of each of us.

I think we should enable direct democracy in sports firts, that is, people vote for the line up, strategies, everything... and if it works there, we should roll it to politics

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