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I will say living in Massachusetts, the town meeting model is loaded with problems not least of which is that it favors older white men to make decisions for the town despite being the cloest analogue to direct democracy in the United States. Sure in theory everyone can come and vote on town issues but realistically given that meetings are at night after work and goes on for hours closes decision making to most people.
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DrSunshine posted:Has the Age of Covid changed any of this? So many meetings which once were in person are now on Zoom. Not this summer at least.
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punk rebel ecks posted:To be fair this is an issues with regular elections as well. In the digital age these things should be more feasible. Sure but at least elections are 12 hours long and have alternative ways of voting.
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punk rebel ecks posted:What do you all think of participatory budgeting? You're still going to have the participation problem. Related, if you live in Massachusetts, vote for ranked choice voting this year because its a nice analogue for direct democracy and republican forms of government.
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BougieBitch posted:I'd say it's a pretty mixed bag everywhere, here in MA we had people vote against ranked-choice voting, so it seems to me that people are perfectly capable of hanging themselves with the lifeline you throw them any time you try something more complicated than "legalize weed" or "raise the minimum wage". Obviously those are worthwhile goals to pursue, but it's pretty clear that people aren't able to engage with stuff that can't be summarized in a sentence That was a problem with the Vote Yes on 2 people. Look at what towns voted for it and what towns didn't. The wealthier suburbs loved the idea, the Metro West voted for the idea but they couldn't get out of the wealthy suburbs, they didn't take any message or do any work outside of Greater Boston.
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