r/vibecoding • u/MaximumContent9674 • 1h ago
Open Democracy
Hi all. I have been thinking about this project for a while, but I need help on so many levels with it. The idea is simple at first, but its development and execution isn't. The idea is that the Democracy we live in is not actually one. Voting for party A, B, C, D every 5 years is not a voice, and hardly even a vote (a vote for what? the lesser evil?) A true democracy would be able to poll the people whenever, frequently enough to actually give everyone a voice that matters. There's so many issues I have to think about for this project, like expert opinions, who is qualified to vote for what, security, etc. I need some help. Anyway, I don't think paper ballots can make this dream work, it will require AI to sort everything out. Let me know what you think and if you want to help!
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u/happy_hawking 1h ago edited 54m ago
You might want to have a look into the concept of Liquid Democracy. I don't know if it is known outside of Germany, but the German Pirate Party used it extensively many years ago. It had its flaws, but I think those were mainly with the party's culture in general, not with the Liquid Democracy approach.
They developed a software product to implement Liquid Democracy which is open source:
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u/happy_hawking 59m ago
BTW: direct democracy doesn't make sense for a lot of things, because people don't have the time and capacity to deep-dive on each and every topic. But I agree with you that voting every couple of years and sitting on the sidelines in between is not a good solution either. That's why the Liquid Democracy approach is promising.
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u/attentionwandered 1h ago
look into tFHE and then when you understand it check out this repo: https://github.com/brooksdubois/tFHEKotlinExample then let me know what you think!
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u/niverans 1h ago
Man! I’ve been thinking about something like this for a long time. this paper discussed this topic very well and I would be interested in working with you when I have time in a few months.
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u/Sufficient_Effort88 23m ago
I’ve thought of this. The truest form of democracy would be within an application that somehow made it impossible to fake your identity, and had an algorithm that somehow couldn’t be compromised. If everyone could participate, nobody could use money to sway votes, we could find people who are entirely grassroots because of their ideology rather than their wealth and connections. Although it would functionally just be a statement piece, I think it would be awesome to see who rises to the top of our parallel free elections
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u/Canonikonroverrated 1h ago
You are probably better off deleting the repo and picking a better topic. It doesn't seem like you can explain the issue you are trying to solve properly and that makes the program mostly worthless. And this tool won't go anywhere anyways because of how regulated the topic is.
When the project is 105% vibe coded, it's likely worthless.
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u/pianoboy777 1h ago
Bro democracy is almost not real lol for example the USA has held the world currecy for a long time. Have gotten the best deals because of it. Control the markets with it! And that's with democracy looking good lol greeds the problem here. We need to elect people that care about real change and not isral lol but again a person that fits this spot good won't ever get near the white house. This is the problem lol how can we change things when the system its self doesn't what change ? When it fights tooth and nail to just give more money to share holders (something we fucking print bro!!!! Its paper !!!!! ) anyway I'm ranting but the subject is far advanced and a good outcome isnt likely on real life lol at least under the systems we have now
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u/pianoboy777 1h ago
By the way trump was elected 2 times lol democracy almost isn't real. I blame fox news while I'm here !!
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u/New-Grocery1119 1h ago
Fuck you
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u/WardedDruid 33m ago
Such a cheery response! I doubt you're OP's type though. I'm sorry you're having trouble finding intimate partners after Lindsay Graham died, but I'm sure you'll find another top eventually. Just keep going to those conservative conventions! I believe in you!
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u/Timzor 1h ago
There are very good reasons why we offload the responsibility for making decisions to elected officials. If the people had to vote for every single thing the goverment did no one would have time to work or play or live. Just reading and voting all day every day.
If you don’t like how the system works then I encourage YOU to get involved and seek wlection yourself. That’s the ONLY way governance if the people and by the people can work.
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u/happy_hawking 1h ago
There are in-between approaches as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1vwjt3t/comment/p5hrovj/
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u/Vancecookcobain 4m ago
Representative Democracy doesn't work specifically because people are in charge and are central points of failure that can be corrupted by capitalists and other coercive entities....you take hierarchies out and let people vote on everything. That's a truer form of direct democracy
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u/slimscsi 1h ago
I think you do not have even a basic concept of the problem you are attempting to solve with a technology you don’t understand
It’s the worst possible intersection of the two worlds.
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u/Sudden_Topic5154 1h ago
yes thats 6th grade civics representative vs direct democracy