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RE: How blockchain-based online elections can save democracy

in #politics7 years ago

Wouldn't it be cool if blockchain proved a workaround to Plato (he said Democracy doesn't work, and so far, I agree with him).
Here's a problem, though. Even if, and especially if, blockchain is effective in de-putrifying politics, the entrenched powers will resist implementation. In my country, Canada, our resident clown got elected by running on a platform that included revising the voting system, and the change wasn't anything as good as blockchain. It didn't take long for the proposed proportional representation to get shitcanned, along with many other election promises that he reneged on. It would be an even tougher go in the States.
But you can't win if you don't play; let's go for it!