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Liquid Democracy In Simple Terms

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What it is

A five-minute animated explainer of liquid democracy, in which voters can delegate their vote to trusted people. It starts from the origins of democracy and contrasts direct and representative models.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN users share it as a brief, good introduction whenever liquid or delegative democracy comes up.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “For those interested in learning what liquid democracy is, this is a brief introduction”

    Brief introduction to liquid democracy

    ZenoArrow, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it”

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Topics: delegative democracy, voting, political theory, animation

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