Future of Democracy

[Helm]

I had written a big point-by-point response to your original post, but then Opera crashed. Probably for the best, because it was too wordy. The main issues (very condensed) have been retyped:


Your (or rather Arthur Schlesingers) assessment of what the future holds for the current model of democracy is probably correct. The current model is disfunctional, erratic, and prone to corruption. It is also on a short leash, controlled by capitalism economy.

It is probable that a brief period of totaliarianism might occur when this model is discarded.

However, I think that that would not be a lasting change. I believe that this brief period will result in the reshaping of democracy, to a more representative model, where the State will be shrunk to a compact, mobile utilitarian structure, and where through digital means, 100% of the populance will vote on every aspect of internal and external policy. This model will be largely free of corruption, and will further the main goal of democracy since it's inception in roughly 300-400 B.C. in the city-state Athens(rather in 1900 as it was invalidly stated). Namely: Individual freedom. To where this democracy will lead will be purely the result of exercising that freedom.

This, I believe, is the only logical progression of the numerous variations of the faulty democratic model that have been applied in the West.

Bottom line: Man cannot remain ignorant for too long. This has been the main reason democracy remains a consistent option and hasn't been made redundant by any other political system. Current economical studies dictate that some change is historically certain to occur in the next few decades. It's probably going to get worse before it gets better, but better it will get. And when the suggested model of democracy is finally applied, whatever the outcome will be, it will at least be the result of the choice of the people, and there's not much more to ask than that.