Identification doesn't even have anything to do with it. Just look at how 'normal' people behave on SeeMe HearMe. I don't know about the rest of the world, but round here people don't go to the pub of an evening to flash their tits and masturbate to each other.
Now Democracy is indeed social interaction, but put a person in front of a computer and despite broadcasting their wares to a population of millions they will still consider themselves to be acting privately. It's the same as people in cars believing themselves invisible and we cannot see them picking their noses...
Democracy can only work when people realise that they need to vote for common goods and not specific personal gain. From what I see of drivers and surfers alike, I don't believe that is achieved by people who are sitting on their arse.
I don't know how it works in the States, but in the UK it is presently possible to track an individual voter from their supposedly anonymous ballot paper. Makes you wonder why they put sides on the voting booths.
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...if we can train fish to use it.
If you don't know the old feminist saying, then look here:
http://www.fishonabike.com/why.htm
It's not a foundation, it's a development.
Identification doesn't even have anything to do with it. Just look at how 'normal' people behave on SeeMe HearMe. I don't know about the rest of the world, but round here people don't go to the pub of an evening to flash their tits and masturbate to each other.
Now Democracy is indeed social interaction, but put a person in front of a computer and despite broadcasting their wares to a population of millions they will still consider themselves to be acting privately. It's the same as people in cars believing themselves invisible and we cannot see them picking their noses...
Democracy can only work when people realise that they need to vote for common goods and not specific personal gain. From what I see of drivers and surfers alike, I don't believe that is achieved by people who are sitting on their arse.
Indeed. To all of your points.
I don't know how it works in the States, but in the UK it is presently possible to track an individual voter from their supposedly anonymous ballot paper. Makes you wonder why they put sides on the voting booths.
Le plus la change, le plus la meme chose.