Networked politics in Australia

Russell Buckley who I finally had the pleasure to shake hands with recently mentions us in a post he made on Post-Representational Politics

Russell references Senator Online, and he goes onto say

Senator Online is apolitical, but pledges that its politicians will vote the way its constituents tell it to on every Bill/Law put to parliament. Voting takes place online, but could just as easily be via mobile - indeed, as mobiles have unique numbers, there’s an argument that potential vote-rigging could be better managed via the mobile platform.

While it remains to be seen what effect this will have in Australia, I am absolutely convinced that this is going to be the next phase in the representation of the people in democratic societies.

Russell eloquently explains the friction, frustrations and real world issues that arise when progress morphs into change

As with any revolution, change will be resisted most by the people who have the most to lose - in this case the incumbent politicians. They stand to lose everything that they hold dear; status, power and influence. Really, their role will be transformed on one level from doing what they think, to doing what the people tell them to and where’s the fun in that?

The more intelligent will see the opportunities rather than the threats, as some always do and leave their erstwhile colleagues in one of the mourning phases associated with great change. These laggards will deny it’s happening, they’ll get angry, they’ll try to start bargaining, followed by depression over the death of an era lasting arguably one thousand years. The final stage is acceptance.

The main opportunity that the naysayers will miss is that the people will still need the arguments laid out for them in a simple way that nakes sense and that’s how the power of the politician will be maintained. It won’t be the same, but it’s not as bad as it might first appear.

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You can see something about Senator Online here

And finally Russell says

For the best book I’ve read on the powerful consumer paradigm, read Tomi and Alan’s Communities Dominate Brands.

Thank you Russell

Comments

[beats by dre store]

It won’t be the same, but it’s not as bad as it might first appear.

[prada]

Pretty good post. Ho appena imbattuto il tuo blog e volevo dire che ho apprezzato molto leggere il tuo post sul blog. Alcun modo sarò sottoscrivendo il feed e spero di postare di nuovo presto.

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