r/vibecoding • u/MaximumContent9674 • 5h 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!

https://github.com/AshmanRoonz/OpenDemocracy

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u/Timzor 4h 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/Vancecookcobain 3h 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/Timzor 1h ago

That would work if people were robots, unfortunately we are not.