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21060, RE: Has Technology Created Full-Democracy?
Posted by BooDaah, Mon Oct-02-00 03:27 PM
>My question is this, due to
>the internet, C-SPAN, or other
>yet to be created forums
>on current technology, is it
>possible to open up the
>democracy.

perhaps...but this would put a large responsibility to inform themselves. i'm not sure if folk are ready for that (i mean, i'm not sure folk would take it)

>It's possible to do online voting.

As a computer scientist, i think this has too much potential for tampering.

>Have we created the technology for
>full-democracy?

the technology MIGHT exist, but folks these days can't be counted on to watch the news, so regardless of the availability of information (which is debatable because not everyone has cable or the 'net or access to either) we still have apathy and folk who are willing to just vote on the party based on tradition despite the lack of real defining differences.

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