I’d love to see that happen, But it’s because America won’t switch to a direct democracy. Instead we have a Kleptocracy run by corporations and the 1% who have power over both parties in America. However if it were possible to create a third political party where every member of the party earns only one vote maybe it would give people power back over corporations. But it’s a pipe dream, I know it’ll never happen.
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I personally envision a future where we use blockchain technology to create a new direct democracy party in which every member has a unique identifier and the blockchain ledger system used to track polling data. Every individual member of the party would have one vote in each poll at ever level (federal, state, regional, etc) - for every single thing that gets a vote, and the elected politician representing that party would be required to vote based on the polling data.
Everyone would have access to a copy of the ledger to confirm their votes are counted accurately, and they can review polling data to confirm their elected politicians are voting based on polling data, and the representative would be replaced if they do not adhere to the results
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•Pentagon-Funded Study Warns Dementia Among U.S. Officials Poses National Security Threat71·2 years agoSomeone else recently explained it best: It’s elderly abuse.
The entourage encircling these elderly congressional leaders are profiting greatly. As soon as these senators retire, these leeches lose nearly everything.
It’s a Weekend At Bernie’s movie plot, but with extra steps.
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•Biden lies about witnessing 9/11 and being at ground zero2·2 years agodeleted by creator
cassetti@kbin.socialto Medicine@mander.xyz•CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab23·2 years agoWell… Let’s just say those full body scans they take during the medical entrance exams isn’t just so they can confirm you’re healthy… They’re taking full scans of your body. (Decades ago the intention was to assist in manufacturing replacement body parts when needed for soldiers so they could return to battle faster, but I think we’re moving far past that goal now…)
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•"Alarming": Biden to Supply Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine Despite Contamination Risks [Democracy Now!]3·2 years agoYep, exactly. As cool as DU rounds sound on the battlefield as a competitive advantage for piercing armor. They are a health risk to both the soldiers handling them and absolutely poisons the soil which will have an affect on future generations living on that land.
But I guess that’s the point - to scare the russians as well as salt the earth so it’s useless irradiated soil for either side to use for decades to come… Or I’m sure if Russia keeps the land, they’ll simply mine it anyways and who gives a hoot about the health of government workers mining resources for the motherland, right?? /s
cassetti@kbin.socialto Science@beehaw.org•Pairing of electrons in an artificial atom leads to a breakthrough1·2 years agodeleted by creator
cassetti@kbin.socialto Food and Cooking@beehaw.org•New Research Reveals Why You Shouldn’t Add a Banana to Your Smoothies12·2 years agoFew ideas -
- Avocados (great texture, not very sweet so other flavors would still stand out)
- Greek yogurt (easy choice for any smoothie with or without bananas haha)
- Mangoes (some varieties are fiberless and blend smooth with a nice consistency)
- cooked sweet potatoes (let cool down to room temp before blending!)
- coconut cream (a small amount can add a creamy texture)
- peanutbutter (or other nut butters) can add thickness to a smoothie.
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•‘Absolute lie’: Russia denies role in Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash1·2 years agowell, I mean if the shoe fits, you know they’re gonna wear it
cassetti@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux191·2 years agoJust last month I came across a cd I burned with Mandrake Linux that I had downloaded - 26 years ago!
I should try and install that on a virtual PC and see how it feels/looks hahaha
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader1·2 years agoThere’s been a lot of chatter that he is seriously ill (I’ve heard cancer or Parkinson, but who knows what it really is) - people who’ve analyzed the recent photos say they see swelling in his hands/wrists which could indicate the use of strong steroids which are known to alter thought processes that could explain his recent believe that he could win a conflict with Ukraine and beat India to the south pole of the moon (concurrently no less).
I’m honestly impressed that russia admitted the landing failed at all, I figured they would have simply kept quiet. I guess they know we have strong enough telescopes to see the crash site? Who knows lol
cassetti@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon2·2 years agoWell, I mean NASA pulled a spare mars rover out of their R&D testing labs, modified it’s toolset a bit, and sent it to Mars for a second soft landing (didn’t they use a sky-crane for both rover deployments?). I’d say that takes a bit more skill than landing on the Moon. But I don’t play Kerbal Space Program enough to know how much
cassetti@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs4·2 years agoYeah no doubt, a RAID would be more effective. But still a 256TB SSD is absolutely insane when you think about it, compared to where technology was 10 or 20 years ago.
cassetti@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs15·2 years agoCrazy to think it was only about fifteen years ago the small Data-storage server reseller I worked for was selling their own in-house server racks - a whole 52U rack filled with Supermicro drive bays to store a petabyte of data was $300k and that was a steal of a deal at the time.
Sure, that system was redundant and this is a single pbSSD, but still crazy to see how fast things are evolving
cassetti@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.2·2 years agoHow are you seeing gifs in kbin? All I’m seeing is a url link to the gif and have to click the media icon button next to the URL For it to load… is there a setting I need to enable to load pictures/gifs automatically?
cassetti@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Running DOOM In A Keycap Takes Careful Work211·2 years agoCrazy how people are still finding new things to cram doom into. I remember when that was a popular thing to do twenty years ago haha
But I’ll admit, stuffing it into a keycap is pretty damn impressive, albeit useless haha
cassetti@kbin.socialto Fediverse@lemmy.world•I made a tool for discovering new communities on lemmy1·2 years agoEven a simple kbin link would work.
For example since this community is “fediverse” on the lemmy.world instance my link would be
cassetti@kbin.socialto Fediverse@lemmy.world•I made a tool for discovering new communities on lemmy2·2 years agoLoving the tool - but when i try to login and put in the instance of kbin.social it gives me an error
Everyone has a unique identifier. If you don’t share that with anyone, how would they know who’s vote it is? Couldn’t the number be randomized and a new UUID provided on a routine basis?
Every American has a Social Security number, but it’s not exactly like we’re told to broadcast it to the world… I don’t see why something like that couldn’t be implemented here using technology.
My point is the general ledger technology of the blockchain which would be beneficial here.
But of course this is all a pipe dream. America is damn near a Kleptocracy and both political parties have written laws to prevent a third political party from ever arising.