I'm not a member of the pirate party (so can't speak for them), but I want to avoid fueling concerns with my simplified description of their system.
I don't think their goal is automating the decisions, their goal is to add much needed efficiency and transparency to the process by taking it online.
When you look at their software then it's a web-forum with a purpose-built voting/karma system.
For the first time I (a non-member) can go to the website of a political party, read their discussions, learn who is proposing what, who is voting for what and what the dominating opinions are.
You and I may not agree with their (lack of) positions on various subjects. But, as I understand it, it takes nothing more than an online-registration to join in on a discussion, and to present your own ideas on a level playground.
As far as I am concerned that's an overdue breath of fresh air.
Unless you prefer the state-of-the-art; backroom-politics with an "old boys club" calling the shots...
I don't think their goal is automating the decisions, their goal is to add much needed efficiency and transparency to the process by taking it online.
When you look at their software then it's a web-forum with a purpose-built voting/karma system.
For the first time I (a non-member) can go to the website of a political party, read their discussions, learn who is proposing what, who is voting for what and what the dominating opinions are.
You and I may not agree with their (lack of) positions on various subjects. But, as I understand it, it takes nothing more than an online-registration to join in on a discussion, and to present your own ideas on a level playground.
As far as I am concerned that's an overdue breath of fresh air.
Unless you prefer the state-of-the-art; backroom-politics with an "old boys club" calling the shots...