The introduction of weighted votes is a simple yet powerful idea
that may help to lift the blanket of apathy that is currently
smothering many democratic nations. Once this happens,
conditions will be in place for good – rather than popular –
political decisions to take root. By Stefan Hansen “Were there a
people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect
a government is not for men.” – J. J. Rousseau, The Social
Contract, Book III Democracy, which was originally dreamed up
somewhere in Athens, is a beautiful idea. There is good reason
why it has survived for more than two and a half millennia.
During most of this period, however, there have been problems
with the actual implementation of the democratic idea. However,
thanks to new technology, conditions are now in place to bring
this implementation one step closer to the ideal through a
mechanism I like to call “weighted democracy”. It is a simple
idea which, in principle, involves only a minor adjustment in
relation to the current practice. I