democracy
They call it "Our Democracy" vs "Populism". We are in a titanic Reformation-esque power struggle between old-world Representative Democracy and the emerging new world of technological Direct Democracy, driven by the Internet. Our representatives and the institutions are desperately trying to cling on to power as
elections
We have reached a place where democratic representatives in Western countries are members of country club aristocracies entirely disconnected from the public. Cryptographic technology and smartphones put us within reach of instant referenda polling for the first time. If we can vote instantly, what need do we have of representatives
politics
Edmund Burke's idea of representative democracy, of MPs forming their own judgments, has collapsed and come to its end; our attorneys think themselves our rulers. It's successor, the era of direct democracy, via technology, has arrived. "The building is a symbol, as is the act