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When the EZLN had stated in the first Lacandona declaration that the era of party politics was over, it was not only prophesying alternative ways of making politics – invoking direct democracy (based, incidentally, on ancient Mayan traditions, and different from representative democracy), but it was, in fact, anticipating the collapse of some political institutions of western modernity.
Through referendums, citizens may challenge any law passed by parliament and through initiatives, introduce amendments to the federal constitution, thus making Switzerland a direct democracy.
The time seems ripe for broader adoption of technology to make this type of direct democracy a more formal part of the process.
Its mix of federalism and direct democracy makes it different from any other country in the world, and affects every other aspect of life.
In other words, in Brazil, direct democracy made policy smarter through the use of intelligent crowdsourcing.
That's how all our decisions are made, through Athenian-style direct democracy.
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