Forum Post: SITE SET UP AND RUNNING FOR VOTING ON DEMANDS HERE http://coupmedia.org/occupywallstreet/occupy-wall-street-official-demands-2009
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 4, 2011, 12:20 p.m. EST by success
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Is this official? How can anyone be sure it isn't rigged with fake logins?
ultimately, if creating an Open Source Direct Democracy, there needs to be a few rules, with the number one rule being that all voting should be allowed only under full legal names (when it impacts the lives of other citizens). This is for citizens own protection, where each person will have a history of their voting record and comments (for everyone to see), so it's not hijacked by large corporations who pay some PR company to put in, say, 100,000 fake comments and votes.
Always keep in mind, the Achilles heel of Direct Democracies is 'mob rule', which is unsustainable, so no better then the problems we have today. Yes, 'armchair coaches' should have a right to ;bark' something and then change the channel, but their voting power should be mitigated with more weight given to those that put in time to fully examine a problem, present pros/cons and constructive solutions (once again, all open, transparent on the internet, where everyone intersted in a topic can see and read everything, and where citizens give each other more or less voting weight)
But this is down the road. Absolutely great to see the first steps!!! YES!!!
Health care is not a right, and anyway - you guys are talking about Sick care, not health care. Real health care involves taking responsiblity for growing your own food and eating as many fruits and vegetables as possible.
was this proposed to the general assembly? It should've been approved before any sort of voting goes on.
Expect us
over 8,000 people have voted already for the demands of their choice