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this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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How do you define best?
The United States (we are a republic anyway I think) is barely 250 years old and falling apart.
We have huge societal problems and we are executing people in the streets.
We are built on genocide and theft.
It's not working out imo. I don't have a solution, but indirect democracy seems to have perverse incentives that lead to this.
I guess I define best by asking myself if I'd prefer at this moment to live in any other system. Not really. Longer civilizations existed but they subsisted off of imperialism, sacrifices to the gods, and slavery. They made marginal improvements but did not expand median life expectancy to the extent our democracies did either. The number of rights attained in such a short time for disenfranchised groups is also unparalleled.
Despite what people complain about wars, we are actually living in some of the most peaceful times in human history -- again much of this is thanks to the imperfect improvements of Democracy.
That kinda does imply a solution, doesn't it? The voter fatigue problem of direct democracy can be solved with modern communication technology and liquid democracy.
Yes, but I trust tech less and less everyday.
Something like a public Bitcoin ledger could be interesting for signing your vote and ensuring nobody changed it.
My fear would be th middlemen. Even if we have an open protocol, someone has to wrap it in an app that people can use. Someone has to host the servers. Even the network infrastructure that you and I are using to talk can't be trusted anymore.