It is about time for Digitial Democracy. If largely the job of governments was signing and stamping papers , the most of this has to be now done digitally. The time of Millions of Beurocrats and Miles of Red Tapism is over. Governments will have to offer all their services online and deliver it online.
On the other functions of policies and law making, the larger population has to be roped in. The older model of one person one vote and then choosing a leader etc was ok, when there were no other better methods of putting the choice of people into law and practises. However, with the advent of Online Submissions, each person now has his vote ready for any instant voting. Hence domocracy has to be revisited.
Democracy as a concept perhaps dates back to time immemorial. The voice of every person was factored in local decision and law making. The person was then the part of the community and the community would choose its head , office bearers etc. The rule of people via their votes was then the way of governance. Today, we further it blindly and fight for our rights , which otherwise should have been a natural give away by the formulated system.
However, as mankind evolved and a functional legal democracy got first established in US sometimes in the 17th century.
The system incorporated the principle of One Man , One Vote . So, the opinion of the person was cast via his vote.
Democracy was the Disproproportionate Distribution of wealth aligned to the power, intelligence , wealth, caste, race, colour and control.
The system has finally proven relatively better then any other known system of governance like communism or socialism etc.
But, the 21st century is the century of awakeneing. Democracy has to be redefined. The idea of one person one vote has to foregone forever.
No more is acceptable that a " Criminal " has one vote same as " Law abiding citizen " . The " Scientiest " with full life education and committment to serve the global community has One vote same as " Laborer " . An illiterate has the same vote as a Ph.D. A taxi driver has the same vote as the Manager of a company. Analogy can go on and on.
The system of one person one vote was ok , when knowledge and skill did not really matter. The fairness was about giving voice to everyone. But when a very large population of people are unfair to their ownself by not properly investing into their education and skill, the larger welfare of the society cannot be left to the votes accumalted out of illiterates or poorly educated to then make choices, which then ruin the whole country.
Politicians have well understood this phenomenon and more so in the Third World, that by only tapping on the large uneducated or poorly educated part of the society, they can still come to the power and use the power to suck the nation ,sometimes deliberately and sometimes indeliberately on account of poor competance.
Unless one man , one vote system is challanged and votes are given relative to the persons qualification, skill, knowledge and contribution to the society. The current system will only lead to weak and exploited states. There are many models which can be designed.
However, it is about time, when Democracy is revisited and Knowledge Based Democracy is delivered to the people. Democracy, wherin the government clearly
Defines the Deliverables to its people .
Delivers the Basic and Advanced requirments without any hassles.
Offers every service online and delivers semalessly.
Reports Transparently the progress each quarter and if after one year, the progress is non satisafactory, then the head of the state is automatically changed.
List can go on and on. But I am quite serious about starting a Debate on > No One Vote, One Person " Votes as per competency of the person.
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