An implementable solution for the crisis of democracy. A suggestion to solve our democratic representation crisis. A sketch of a proxy party that gives the power of decision to its party members. Grassroot democratic and efficient with safeguarded information and democratic processes. Decentralized politics. https://upgradingdemocracy.com/

1. Do you also
think that
handing over
blank checks for
4 years is not
our best idea for
democracy?

2. Do you worry
for democracy
itself?

3. But what can
we do as the
old parties
stacked the
political game?

4. How can we achieve true
democracy?
What about a new idea that ..
.. requires no agreement from the
incumbent parties?
.. gives us a seat on the table?

5. grassroots democratic
＆ efficient and effective
＆ transparent
＆ safeguarded info processes
＆ safeguarded democratic processes
Not a new party but a new
breed of party

6. If 5% of the party members
vote to take the topic to the
official deliberation process
Safeguarded Processes
• Well-balanced fact gathering,
fact check, deliberation, voting
• Creation of 6-page input paper
Y
N
Liquid Democracy and
5% takeover vote
1:1
Safeguarded Information
& Democratic Processes
1:1 Transfer
to Parliament
e.g.: If 80% of the members
vote YES and 20% NO, then 8
out of 10 representatives
vote with YES and 2 with NO.
The Proxy Party in a nutshell

7. If 5% of the party members vote to take the
topic to the official deliberation process
Y
N
Liquid democracy and 5% takeover vote
ü The Party officials act based on a well defined
and concrete party program
ü The members can bring in new topics and
prioritize them
ü The representatives must inform the members
about their intended voting behavior upfront
ü 5% of the party members (incl. delegated votes)
can vote to take the topic to the official
deliberation process
Grassroots democratic, yet efficient and effective=

8. Safeguarded Processes
• Well-balanced fact gathering, fact check,
deliberation, member voting
• Creation of 6-page input paper
1:1
Safeguarded information processes
& democratic processes
ü Efficient cooperation of party members,
officials, and elected representatives
ü Deliberation based on facts and a will to
learn and find common ground
ü Creation of a 6-page input paper (esp. for
members that didn’t attend the
discussions) as a minimal standard input
for well educated voting
ü Transparent
ü Motivation of members to participate in the
deliberation and voting process

9. 1:1 Transfer to parliament
ü True representation of members instead of
artificial aggregation on the party level
ü Minimized coercion for representatives by
optimal matching of their preferences to the
required 1:1 transfer to parliament
e.g.: If 80% of the members
vote YES and 20% NO, then 8
out of 10 representatives
vote with YES and 2 with NO.

10. The people’s participation party
Core Program
At its core, the Proxy Party focuses on the two topics ‘Democracy’
and ‘Transparency’. These form the very concrete ground rules
and goals to upgrade democracy. It lives these values in word
and deed and earns the trust of the citizens.
Extended Program
Building on the core issues that will make the new party possible
in the first place, the members will jointly develop further issues.
The members will concentrate on commonalities, for which
everyone can vouch. If a pre-determined degree of agreement is
reached, the topic will be included in the extended party program.
ü Truly Democratic
ü Transparent
ü Trustworthy
ü Efficient integration
of new topics
ü Focus determined by
members
ü Motivation of members
to participate

11. “”
“
Citizens governing their politicians
Whereas today professional
politicians try to govern the citizens
(with politicians in secret despair and
very moderate satisfaction of the
citizens), in a democracy the citizens
govern their professional politicians.
- Ardalan Ibrahim, wyriwif blog
I am a firm believer in the people.
If given the truth, they can be
depended upon to meet any
national crisis. The great point
is to bring them the real facts.
-Abraham Lincoln
“
“”

12. Learn more about the idea of the Proxy Party
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