What will democracy be like in a hundred years?
... following circumstances are main obstacles hindering democracy: Huge transaction costs of elections, which are held once in several years because of this; The citizens’ inability to directly affect the government’s political course between the elections; The citizens’ incompetence in the majority of issues which are under the jurisdiction of the government, parliament and judicial system, including the most important such as war and peace. Consequently, speaking about the future of democracy it is necessary to propose ways to fight these weaknesses. The Democracy Monument in Bangkok Flickr / Yoshi☻ Combating transaction costs seems to be the easiest problem to solve. Actually, voting can already be conducted through ...