Liquid democracy - Revision history

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[[category:concepts]]
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==About==
[[Liquid democracy]] is a term that seems to be used in a number of different ways.
* {{wikipedia}} says it is a synonym for "[[wikipedia:delegative democracy]]", in which "voting power is vested in delegates, rather than representatives."
* [[myl:liquid democracy|Make Your Laws]] defines it as a [[transferable proxy]] system.

InstaGov defines it as any democratic system designed to:
* give citizens control over how power is channelled
* rapidly respond to changes requested by those citizens
* not draw arbitrary boundaries, either in time or space, beyond which power may not be exercised

The combination of "power-channelling control", "rapid response", and lack of arbitrary boundaries is what makes a democratic system "liquid" (directable, changeable, and fluid).
==Implementation==
InstaGov proposes [[weighted proxy voting]] (WPV) as the primary mechanism for liquid democracy, with other supplemental mechanisms to encourage better decisionmaking.

InstaGov also supports [[liquid representation]] as an alternative to WPV, if it has a better chance of being adopted.

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 ==About==
 ===Purpose===
-Existing democratic systems have systemic problems.
+[[Liquid democracy]] is a possible solution for [[Democracy/problem|the democracy problem]].
 ===Definition===
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 * [[myl:liquid democracy|Make Your Laws]] defines it as a [[transferable proxy]] system.
-InstaGov defines it as any democratic system designed to:
+[[InstaGov]] defines it as any democratic system designed to:
 * give citizens control over how power is channelled
 * rapidly respond to changes requested by those citizens

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 ===Purpose===
 Existing democratic systems have systemic problems.
-* [[Direct democracy]] does not scale well to more than a few hundred people. There are too many issues, too much information needed (some of it quite specialized) in order to reach a good decision, too many differing understandings (or misunderstandings) of the likely effects of each decision, and too many conflicting goals.
+* [[Direct democracy]] does not scale well to more than a few hundred people, especially in a highly technological, highly complex civilization. There are too many issues, too much information needed (some of it quite specialized) in order to reach a good decision, too many differing understandings (or misunderstandings) of the likely effects of each decision, and too many conflicting goals.
-* [[Representative democracy]] creates too many opportunities for [[wikipedia:gaming the system|gaming the system]] by manipulation of [[unaccountable concentrations of power]] (UCPs).
+* [[Representative democracy]] creates too many opportunities for [[wikipedia:gaming the system|gaming the system]] by manipulation of [[unaccountable concentrations of power]] (UCPs), and does not provide adequate means to ensure that decisionmakers are well-informed on the issues they decide.
 Liquid democracy is intended to address these issues by creating a system that minimizes <abbr title="unaccountable concentrations of power">UCPs</abbr> while respecting expertise and allowing delegation of decisions.

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 ===Definition===
 [[Liquid democracy]] is a term that seems to be used in a number of different ways.
-* {{wikipedia}} says it is a synonym for "[[wikipedia:delegative democracy|delegative democracy]]", in which "voting power is vested in delegates, rather than representatives."
+* {{wikipedia}} says it is a synonym for "[[wikipedia:delegative democracy|delegative democracy]]", in which "voting power is vested in {{wp/link|delegate}}s, rather than [[wikipedia:Representative democracy#Powers of representatives|representatives]]."
 * [[myl:liquid democracy|Make Your Laws]] defines it as a [[transferable proxy]] system.
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 The combination of '''power-channelling control''', '''rapid response''', and '''lack of arbitrary boundaries''' &ndash; directable, changeable, and fluid &ndash; is what makes a democratic system "liquid".
 ==Implementation==
 InstaGov proposes [[weighted proxy voting]] (WPV) within a [[liquid agenda]] system as the primary mechanism for liquid democracy, with other supplemental mechanisms to encourage better decisionmaking.
 InstaGov also supports [[liquid representation]] as an alternative to WPV, if it has a better chance of being adopted.

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 Existing democratic systems have systemic problems.
 * [[Direct democracy]] does not scale well to more than a few hundred people. There are too many issues, too much information needed (some of it quite specialized) in order to reach a good decision, too many differing understandings (or misunderstandings) of the likely effects of each decision, and too many conflicting goals.
-* [[Representative democracy]] creates too many opportunities for [[gaming the system]] by manipulation of [[unaccountable concentrations of power]] (UCPs).
+* [[Representative democracy]] creates too many opportunities for [[wikipedia:gaming the system|gaming the system]] by manipulation of [[unaccountable concentrations of power]] (UCPs).
 Liquid democracy is intended to address these issues by creating a system that minimizes <abbr title="unaccountable concentrations of power">UCPs</abbr> while respecting expertise and allowing delegation of decisions.
 ===Definition===
 [[Liquid democracy]] is a term that seems to be used in a number of different ways.