I have seen many a democratic initiative ruined by trolls, bot accounts, duplicate accounts, and assholes. The best way to ensure that democracy doesn’t spiral into Haiti is to allow only financial contributors of $5 or more to vote (once the boss man has his contributions system up and running). You want to help build this community? OK, then put your money where your mouth is. To be clear, it should still be one vote per person, whether you donate $5 or $500.

  • earthling@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I want to be clear that I wasn’t necessarily arguing for some type of paid option. Just that what we have now also isn’t democracy.

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      1 year ago

      Either would be a democracy, definitionally, though both are imperfect. I’d agree something needs to be done to fix the imperfections where possible