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We want to figure a self-sustainable model, donations can only get you that far. The task ahead of us is a big one: we want to build governance for the internet society.

And of course, @DemocracyOS

The work on security is very challenging but this MUST be a large open source effort.

Check our code here: github.com/democracyos/app

Like Wikipedia: we believe this is an idea that works better in practice than in theory.

Democracy is always a "Work in progress", its never a complete idea because otherwise it would be an absolutist totalitarian ideology. It's the exception to all ideologies.

And adapting it to software is our biggest mission.

Pick your favorite flavor.. the goal is to nail how democracy should work in the 21st century.

The Pirate Party never got more than 20 affiliates so they where never able to run.

2) Good point, will look into that.

3) Will put the PDF as you suggested.

Thanks!

And you (from the Pirate Party in Argentina) never got more than 20 affiliates to join.

That's why we also have a political party: The Net Party aims to provide DemocracyOS with a compatible political vehicle that guarantees that the decisions taken online have a REAL impact in the offline world.

Accountability is a fundamental aspect of this technology. That's why its also free software.

The goal is to build a governemnt for the internet society, a government for the world.

We have lived in an infrastructure that basically consists of corporations and the nation state. The internet is an emergent superstructure that makes such infrastructure obsolete.

That's the world we are looking at and hopefully aiming to provide governance to with free software.

Wikipedia is a great example of how bottom-up approach works better in practice than in theory.

We need to learn the right checks & balances for an app like this to protect minorities and avoid abuse.

And remember: it's only the legislative power. The executive has veto power ;)

The Net Party is a political party that ran for elections in Argentina with a very simple promise: its candidates are committed to always vote in Congress according to what citizens ask for in DemocracyOS.

In 2013 it got 1.2% of the votes. Wasn't enough to put the candidate, but the software got officially adopted by the Congress. Since then over 350 bills where debated by citizens online.

After that, political parties, NGOs and governments from a wide range of places like Tunisia, Kenya, Brazil, Spain, Ukraine, Chile, Mexico adopted DemocracyOS.

We are part of the new batch of Y Combinator and in the US we launched with councilmembers from New York, San Francisco, Boston and other cities agreeing to use DemocracyOS.