wiki-law.org — Democracy 2.0 is an experiment that hypothesizes that a wide range of individuals can contribute to the creation of our nation's laws through a wiki on the web. Democracy 2.0 hopes to answer the following question: if the country started from scratch today, without any laws, what laws would you make for society?
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awright38Dec 7, 2005Submitter
That's the beauty of this system.
arnoldtpantsesqDec 7, 2005
ezweave gets the gas face
Closed AccountDec 7, 2005
I'll digg it. But remember, I hold that not everybody is in their right mind when it comes to how civilizations should be run. ;)
Closed AccountDec 7, 2005
or it could just provide our lawmakers some input from the people and becomes the special interest group for all americans.
Closed AccountDec 7, 2005
Good job Digg
matt2kDec 8, 2005
No thanks. Silly idea. Remember, half the population is below average intelligence. Let's defer to the experts.
royhobbsDec 8, 2005
Death to the RIAA
alissasDec 8, 2005
I agree with weiss123 that this could function as a special interest group and provide lawmakers with input. I'm just curious how the site can reach out to lobbyists and politicians to actually get our ideas out there.
matt2kDec 8, 2005
> This is the ultimate grass roots operation to change this countryTo me, it looks like a bunch of activists who are mostly too lazy to do something tangible. ;-o
awright38Dec 8, 2005Submitter
aggregate enough voices and users and Washington will have to eventually take notice. They are whores for the popular will.
tiakDec 9, 2005
>To me, it looks like a bunch of activists who are mostly too lazy to do something tangible. ;-oIt doesn't have to be either, can't people simply discuss ideas and decide as a community what their ideal government would be?Anyway, things there seem to have stabilized a bit more, everything's more orderly, duplicate laws are deleted, and editing of existing laws is discouraged and attempts are made to prevent it.
marsrover21Mar 22, 2006
I like Pashdown's wiki page. I don't know why he got -2 diggs for linking to it.
katelynarcherJul 30, 2007
Mobilize.org is working on a project called Democracy 2.0 and we want to hear what YOU have to say!!!The purpose of the Democracy 2.0 is to call attention to the main problems of our current political system, highlight the distinct characteristics of the Millennial Generation, and provide guidelines for change to help cultivate a renewed political process in America. The Democracy 2.0 project will result in a Declaration of Our Generation that will be a living document, chronicling the barriers to meaningful and long-lasting engagement facing our nation, written by our youngest members. I hope to collaborate with your organization as we enable young people to assess, critique, and reform our government.We are calling upon the members of our generation to establish a renewed government, one that empowers the individual citizen to help identify problems in our communities, propose solutions to these problems, and work with our leaders to implement these solutions. We plan to do this by gathering the input of the fellow members of our generation by administering a survey that asks a series of questions based on these three themes:1) What currently works and what doesn't work in our democracy, and what should the role of government be?2) What characteristics define our generation and how can these traits help us renew our democratic process?3) What should Democracy 2.0 look like and what actions must we take to help create a more citizen-centered approach to democracy?Mobilize.org believes that young people have the untapped ability to amass political power and we are working to make this belief a reality. Join in the Democracy 2.0 discussion at www.mobilize.org...
dbevarlyJan 14, 2008
While creative in thought, the word that makes this theory plausible instead of ridiculous is "contribute." There is no substitute for our legal and standardized form of traditional democracy --electing public officials and collaborating with them to enact laws and policies that contribute to our social and economic well-being. Democracy 2.0 should focus on "processes," --how we replicate (not reinvent) our 200+ year old process of democracy in a Web environment. And that process involves validation, attribution and transparency. The challenge is how to replicate those three effectively in an environment that lacks standards of communication and whose participants are mostly unknown due to their anonymity and lack of validation.