Would that transition be by country to country , or would we start voting on our phones and it would slowly get more automated ?
I believe that democracy works better in smaller places . I travel a lot and I work a lot with governments across the world . When I go to a country like Uruguay , democracy there is working well . People from the left and the right know each other and are willing to collaborate and compromise and you see that in outcomes , such as response to Covid-19 . Same thing with New Zealand . Small countries are able to achieve decent democratic institutions . But as countries get bigger , this mismatch and this popularity contest gets nastier . Countries become divided and political factions are less in contact with each other . I think big countries have the bigger problems right now . Democracy doesn ’ t work as well in the USA , in Brazil , and in the UK . But I don ’ t see these countries having the ability to change . They have the need , but they won ’ t change . I think that change of this kind is more likely to come from smaller countries . If smaller countries are successful in implementing this hyper-democracy and become successful economically because of it , eventually the idea will spread . But this won ’ t happen in a big revolution in a country like the USA , or Russia , with techno-utopian people installing a new government . I hope for this to grow organically in a small place where it is successful and for other places to consider those institutions .
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