democracy

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The term is derived from the Greek: δημοκρατία - (//dēmokratía//) "the power to the people", which was coined from δῆμος (//dêmos//) "people" and κράτος (//krátos//) "power"

Headlines
[|North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531423-500-democracy-needs-an-upgrade-to-ensure-it-keeps-people-on-its-side

Wikipedia
[|Democracy] [|Definiciones de la democracia]

Recommended Listening
[|Call for politicians to share power for a workable democracy] - Janette Hartz-Karp describes a different approach to decision-making tapping the wisdom and interest of local communities. Related: [|The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation] [|@DDjfhk] "Since online deliberation has not delivered on the expectations of more considered, democratic participation, the authors propose less focus on technological ‘fixes’ and more on re-conceptualizing its primary purpose to gathering resonance in an authentic public square. The ideas that emerge can then be deliberated in representative face-to-face public deliberations, with the coherent voice that results contributing to more inclusive, legitimate, and implementable democratic decision-making." [|The Economist 7th March 2015 - Of dogs and democracy]

[|How to Build a Mass Movement Now] - CEO of Purpose.com **Jeremy Heimans** shows how to harness the collective power of citizens and consumers to solve the world’s biggest problems.

===[|What future democracy?] ===

Quotes
In allowing ourselves to become defined by consumption, we have surrendered a large part of the personal agency that was once the stated hallmark of liberal democracy. And that change is profound: in the parlance of politics it has become commonplace these days to refer to the public as 'consumers'. To call them 'citizens' would seem decidedly old-world. - Antony Funnell, [|President Kennedy's topper: Reclaiming agency and why it's important]

The right to know underpins democracy. It upholds other basic rights, for furthering transparency, justice, development - [|UNESCO]

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. - [|H. E. Fosdick]

Elsewhere http://sydneydemocracynetwork.org

Twitter Hashtag
[|#DemocracySaturday]

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