Implementing Direct Democracy and changing the way the system works sounds bold to many. People understand that it needs support and that they are the best ones to provide it. Leaving it to chance won’t work because the drive won’t be there, putting into commercial hands won’t work because it will represent those interests alone, putting into the hands of authorities won’t work because they will allow the system to be controlled by political interests since they are hierarchically controlled.
But what if the support people give doesn’t work and it was all in vain? What if there’s not enough support and it falls short? Will that be a waste of effort and money?
The way the system will be implemented is in such a way that in moves forward in incremental steps, each serving a purpose. Its first step is to provide accountability and transparency in public decision making and implementing that stage is close at hand. Yes it will need public support and authority buy in to get bottom line results but it’s not a huge mission to get to this phase.
Those who support the new system to this point will be important in getting it this far. Even if it goes no further, it will serve an important function for the community.
If it does go further and it becomes a serious proposition for the country to uptake direct democracy then we have a solid platform on which it was built.
