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Digital technology can bring democracy to life
Monday, May 16th, 2011
May 16 2011
Governments need more than our votes — they need our knowledge and our efforts. Governments must create opportunities for sustained dialogue between voters and public officials. To be clear, this is not some kind of direct democracy, where citizens would vote online every night after the evening news. That would be tantamount to a digital mob. Nor is this just a means to determine voter sentiment. Opinion polls already do a good job at that. Instead, we need ways to allow citizens to contribute ideas to the decision-making process — to get them engaged in public life.
Tags: ideology, participation
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