According to this Hansard Report, 57% of people may choose not to participate in Democracy, 40% of them blaming lack of time as the reason.
Interactive Democracy, with a web, text or phone based IT infrastructure, makes it very quick and easy to participate. It empowers and motivates voters. But it can also make democracy very effective at a local level (assuming postcodes are used to identify a voters location). For example, if you want more bin collections you can vote for it; if you want a new speed limit on your street, you can vote for it; if you want a salt bin at the top of the hill, you can vote for it. You can even knock on your neighbours doors and encourage them to vote for your petition. This isn't the Ya-Boo politics that may alienate some, but the practical local policies that can make a meaningful difference to communities, and it may breed renewed interest and involvement in National or international politics.
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I CAN TELL YOU WHY PEOPLE DON'T PARTICIPATE! THEY HAVE FOUND OUT DEMOCRACY IS A GIANT FRAUD. THEY HAVE FOUND OUT THEIR BALLOT MEANS VIRTUALLY AS MUCH AS A DROP IN THE OCEAN. DEMOCRACY IS TYRANNY IN DISGUISE WHERE NO SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN CAN HAVE HIS/HER FREEDOM. EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS TO SUBMIT TO THE GREATER GOOD OF THE MAJORITY. LENIN SAID DEMOCRACY IS THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM AND HE KNEW DAMN WELL WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. ANYONE PRAISING DEMOCRACY IS EITHER STUPID OR A MEMBER OF THE RULING CLASS THAT STAYS IN POWER *FOREVER* BECAUSE THE BRIGHT PRESENTATION OF DEMOCRACY. STOP WORSHIPPING THE FALSE GOD OF DEMOCRACY!
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