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Parent Post: So, I design a new formula for democracy
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hyokkim
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5/29/2025, 6:14:01 AM
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''We have the waterschap in the Netherlands which is an unique kind of governing body. They tax us independently and they have their own elections. Their only job is to prevent the ocean from flushing away half the country. The country was build on the coast below sea level. Perhaps a dumb idea but we can agree it requires skilled management. When it was proposed to merge it into the government people were skeptical enough not to do it. It could/would put incompetent people at the helm who could easily sink the boat. The construction is fascinating. We could split departments from government, have them raise their own taxes, have them hold their own elections for the board members, have referenda for choices the citizens should be making, have a voting diploma AND pay people to vote. What we would end up with is a fascinating modular government with competence, direct democracy AND modular education about it self. The final ingredient is to get rid of an unconditional basic income and make it conditional and granular.'' So why is this guy so influential in Netherland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Bregman
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