A Virtual/online Government?

[South Northville]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.
One argument that was made in favor was it makes government more accessible yet anyone can call and write to their representatives. Most committee meetings and legislative sessions can be viewed online in some countries and committee meetings can be called into so is this really needed?

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

https://www.eurogamer.net/italian-senat ... ornography

[Dumb Ideologies]

This path ends with a ruling junta comprised of discord moderators.

[Democratic Poopland]

This path ends with a ruling junta comprised of discord moderators.

Nevermind, Tuvalu messed up.

[Neutraligon]

A lot of what happens in government has everything to do with people meeting face to face to discuss stuff, not what is happening on the senate/House floor. What is happening on the floor tends to be a lot of political theater.

Shouldn’t the public know what happens at these meetings?

Anyway, this is - broadly speaking - an excellent idea.

Yes and no. These meetings allow things to be hashed out, and people need a place to deliberate without worrying about what the public sees (also there is confidential stuff spoken about in these meetings). That being said, it is also important for the public to see these deliberations. I think that we would see a bit of a decline in the polarization if we saw these deliberations

[Juansonia]

isn't the maldives trying this out now that their country is sinking into the ocean?

that's tuvalu

Did Alger break character?

[Cyber Duotona]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.
One argument that was made in favor was it makes government more accessible yet anyone can call and write to their representatives. Most committee meetings and legislative sessions can be viewed online in some countries and committee meetings can be called into so is this really needed?

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

https://www.eurogamer.net/italian-senat ... ornography

literally the first thought that crossed my mind when i saw this thread. that was a funny week to be on the internet.

[Haganham]

I think that we would see a bit of a decline in the polarization if we saw these deliberations

We would. everyone would suddenly be furious at congress.

Though, if those deliberations were public, they would pretty quickly become theater as well. So I guess not.

[El Lazaro]

isn't the maldives trying this out now that their country is sinking into the ocean?

that's tuvalu

No, Tuvalu was reabsorbed by the USSR in 1944 and dissolved in 1961. You must be thinking of Vanuatu.

[Floofybit]

that's tuvalu

Did Alger break character?

He forgot to mention that America is an online government, controlled by the liberal moderators infecting feeble minds on Twitter

[Vivida Vis Animi]

As mentioned before there are a lot of concerns about hacking, but I think we should handle everything through the hack-proof method* of faxing! Bring back that 80s aesthetic.

Mostly, at least from what I've read.

[Thermodolia]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.
One argument that was made in favor was it makes government more accessible yet anyone can call and write to their representatives. Most committee meetings and legislative sessions can be viewed online in some countries and committee meetings can be called into so is this really needed?

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

Having actually conducted zoom meetings this is absolutely terrible just do to the fact that it’s hard to hear people, talking over others is extremely often, connection is spotty at best, and a whole host of other issues

[The Aituia]

I think Estonia is doing that

[Hispida]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.
One argument that was made in favor was it makes government more accessible yet anyone can call and write to their representatives. Most committee meetings and legislative sessions can be viewed online in some countries and committee meetings can be called into so is this really needed?

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

https://www.eurogamer.net/italian-senat ... ornography

tifa lockhart is my favorite italian politician.

[Haganham]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.
One argument that was made in favor was it makes government more accessible yet anyone can call and write to their representatives. Most committee meetings and legislative sessions can be viewed online in some countries and committee meetings can be called into so is this really needed?

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

Having actually conducted zoom meetings this is absolutely terrible just do to the fact that it’s hard to hear people, talking over others is extremely often, connection is spotty at best, and a whole host of other issues

Holy shit I just though of how crap court hearings are over zoom. Can you imagine how bad congressional hears would be with the speaker constantly muting anyone who says something they don't want on record?

[La Xinga]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom and the buildings that used to be their offices and that of government officials are no longer used as they are all mostly remote.

I’m not sure what I think of this idea. It could technically work but is this something we really want?

Your thoughts?

Conducting government meetings via Zoom is a great idea with no chance of meetings getting hacked !

I think it was the Italian Senate which had an online meeting get hacked and shown, uh, not the greatest stuff.

[Senkaku]

isn't the maldives trying this out now that their country is sinking into the ocean?

New climate solution: evacuate the population to the metaverse and use the rising seawater to cool all the servers

[El Lazaro]

isn't the maldives trying this out now that their country is sinking into the ocean?

New climate solution: evacuate the population to the metaverse and use the rising seawater to cool all the servers

If you are underwater, having a Metaverse avatar is not going to improve your chances of survival. It’s like the opposite of the dumb “if you die in-game, you die irl” trope.

[Inner Albania]

Yeah, no.

A virtual/online government looks like a very bad idea, since the government in this instance can be susceptible to trolling attacks.

[Risottia]

This is an idea that was proposed and briefly discussed in the American politics thread and I thought it was worthy of its own thread.

The idea is simple. The government no longer conducts business in person. All committee meetings and legislative sessions are now via zoom ...
Your thoughts?

Jesus... *FACEPALM*

Seriously, have you folks lived in a cave in the last twenty years? You really don't see the tiny weeny issues in not being able to identify people or checking whether they're free of coercion, and relying on entirely digital methods of identification? In a world with real-time AI chatbots and face replacement software? And you want to trust the working of democracy to that?

[Vrbo]

I've seen way too many zoom chats with government officials and judiciary members being bombed with inappropriate content to have confidence in the system. The Italian Senate meeting and the Young Thug trial bombings come to mind.

[Emotional Support Crocodile]

Alexa, vote against this for me. What do you mean you are unable to do that...

[Free Papua Republic]

isnt this like already a thing

(On the other hand, certain types of meetings *are* far more effective conducted in person, like I'd say 100-fold returns type of effectiveness. I guess we'll just see a technical government where people increasingly do whatever they want

[El Lazaro]

isnt this like already a thing

(On the other hand, certain types of meetings *are* far more effective conducted in person, like I'd say 100-fold returns type of effectiveness. I guess we'll just see a technical government where people increasingly do whatever they want

C-SPAN does this on the normal people’s side, but politicians still meet in person because there’s no reason not to.

[San Lumen]

I think Estonia is doing that

Can you provide a source of this?

[The Great Nevada Overlord]

That would be horrible.
Remember how in 2022 Tifa from Final Fantasy 7 made a smashing appearance in the Italian Parliament? Expect WAY more of that!