John Macgregor (democracy re-design)
@johnmacgregor.bsky.social
Author, 'The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political Architecture to Roll Back State & Corporate Power'
https://books2read.com/thirddraft
Aussie, journo: NYT, SMH
Designer, anti-poverty projects, Cambodia
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #DemocracyWorks #Vote
https://books2read.com/thirddraft
Aussie, journo: NYT, SMH
Designer, anti-poverty projects, Cambodia
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #DemocracyWorks #Vote
Brilliant, thanks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Brilliant, thanks.
I remember my headmaster ranting about H Rap Brown in school assembly.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I remember my headmaster ranting about H Rap Brown in school assembly.
Thanks Nicole. That's Sally's fault. (-:
(Gave me the wrong link.)
(Gave me the wrong link.)
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Thanks Nicole. That's Sally's fault. (-:
(Gave me the wrong link.)
(Gave me the wrong link.)
I spend a lot of time on X.
There's a genuine split opening up in MAGA right now.
A lot of defections. I'm sure there will be more soon.
There's a genuine split opening up in MAGA right now.
A lot of defections. I'm sure there will be more soon.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I spend a lot of time on X.
There's a genuine split opening up in MAGA right now.
A lot of defections. I'm sure there will be more soon.
There's a genuine split opening up in MAGA right now.
A lot of defections. I'm sure there will be more soon.
As Aesop wrote:
This bundle of sticks you can’t break.
Take them singly, and with ease
You may break them as you please.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
This bundle of sticks you can’t break.
Take them singly, and with ease
You may break them as you please.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
As Aesop wrote:
This bundle of sticks you can’t break.
Take them singly, and with ease
You may break them as you please.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
This bundle of sticks you can’t break.
Take them singly, and with ease
You may break them as you please.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
Thus we need to reform information ownership as well as decision-making.
And civic education. And money in politics. And a few other things—in a package of mutually supporting reforms.
And civic education. And money in politics. And a few other things—in a package of mutually supporting reforms.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Thus we need to reform information ownership as well as decision-making.
And civic education. And money in politics. And a few other things—in a package of mutually supporting reforms.
And civic education. And money in politics. And a few other things—in a package of mutually supporting reforms.
For example, if you introduce direct democracy—& leave the ownership of information unreformed—the media & social media companies will work night & day to convince 51% of the public that direct democracy is terrible, & should be repealed.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For example, if you introduce direct democracy—& leave the ownership of information unreformed—the media & social media companies will work night & day to convince 51% of the public that direct democracy is terrible, & should be repealed.
'Civic education!'
Sure—but it need to be holistic.
You'd need a suite of reforms including direct democracy (et al).
Single reforms are *fragile*.
Sure—but it need to be holistic.
You'd need a suite of reforms including direct democracy (et al).
Single reforms are *fragile*.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
'Civic education!'
Sure—but it need to be holistic.
You'd need a suite of reforms including direct democracy (et al).
Single reforms are *fragile*.
Sure—but it need to be holistic.
You'd need a suite of reforms including direct democracy (et al).
Single reforms are *fragile*.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is a dark time, but it may be the darkness before the dawn
#Democratisation = many birds, 1 stone
#DirectDemocracy
#ParticipatoryDemocracy
#DeliberativeDemocracy
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
𝙋𝙞𝙘: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 1992, 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙡𝙛 𝙒𝙖𝙧
#Democratisation = many birds, 1 stone
#DirectDemocracy
#ParticipatoryDemocracy
#DeliberativeDemocracy
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
𝙋𝙞𝙘: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 1992, 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙡𝙛 𝙒𝙖𝙧
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is a dark time, but it may be the darkness before the dawn
#Democratisation = many birds, 1 stone
#DirectDemocracy
#ParticipatoryDemocracy
#DeliberativeDemocracy
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
𝙋𝙞𝙘: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 1992, 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙡𝙛 𝙒𝙖𝙧
#Democratisation = many birds, 1 stone
#DirectDemocracy
#ParticipatoryDemocracy
#DeliberativeDemocracy
#ThirdDraftDemocracy
𝙋𝙞𝙘: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 1992, 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙡𝙛 𝙒𝙖𝙧
4. The tools for democratic change—for taking power from our remote, unaccountable elites & putting it in the hands of the demos—are in use in nearly every country, & have been highly successful.
Used more widely, we could be out of this mess.
Used more widely, we could be out of this mess.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
4. The tools for democratic change—for taking power from our remote, unaccountable elites & putting it in the hands of the demos—are in use in nearly every country, & have been highly successful.
Used more widely, we could be out of this mess.
Used more widely, we could be out of this mess.
2. The world is manifestly messed up
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up
(In a quick global survey, the only ones who spoke as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up
(In a quick global survey, the only ones who spoke as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
2. The world is manifestly messed up
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up
(In a quick global survey, the only ones who spoke as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up
(In a quick global survey, the only ones who spoke as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
(I did a quick global survey: the only ones who talk as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
(I did a quick global survey: the only ones who talk as if everything’s great are Kier Starmer, Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen + some guy in Africa who's coming out of a malarial fever...)
2. The world is manifestly messed up, & led by donkeys
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up & led by donkeys
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up & led by donkeys
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
2. The world is manifestly messed up, & led by donkeys
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up & led by donkeys
3. Everyone *perceives* that the world is messed up & led by donkeys
I now suspect that #DeliberativeDemocracy is about to really take off, & may (wild guess) start to take over some governance work from the failing representative system.
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I now suspect that #DeliberativeDemocracy is about to really take off, & may (wild guess) start to take over some governance work from the failing representative system.
Yes, that day seems to be getting closer.
I've just spent 3 months on LinkedIn - a bit staid, but I have discovered thousands of democratic reformers there from round the world.
I've just spent 3 months on LinkedIn - a bit staid, but I have discovered thousands of democratic reformers there from round the world.
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yes, that day seems to be getting closer.
I've just spent 3 months on LinkedIn - a bit staid, but I have discovered thousands of democratic reformers there from round the world.
I've just spent 3 months on LinkedIn - a bit staid, but I have discovered thousands of democratic reformers there from round the world.
When I was in my 20s (40y before I knew I was autistic) I used to tell everyone I suffered from a rare condition called "Wrong Planet Syndrome".
Now others have arrived at the same phrase.
I guess it's a no-brainer.
Now others have arrived at the same phrase.
I guess it's a no-brainer.
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
When I was in my 20s (40y before I knew I was autistic) I used to tell everyone I suffered from a rare condition called "Wrong Planet Syndrome".
Now others have arrived at the same phrase.
I guess it's a no-brainer.
Now others have arrived at the same phrase.
I guess it's a no-brainer.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
(My guess = a hybrid of #DeliberativeDemocracy, #DirectDemocracy & representative democracy. And that the burden of governance will shift over time toward the first two.)
Right now, speculation about the next 20 years is focused entirely on the revolutions in economics, geopolitics & technology.
Right now, speculation about the next 20 years is focused entirely on the revolutions in economics, geopolitics & technology.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
(My guess = a hybrid of #DeliberativeDemocracy, #DirectDemocracy & representative democracy. And that the burden of governance will shift over time toward the first two.)
Right now, speculation about the next 20 years is focused entirely on the revolutions in economics, geopolitics & technology.
Right now, speculation about the next 20 years is focused entirely on the revolutions in economics, geopolitics & technology.
And media & social media cartels (information capture).
With the alternatives now on offer, it's only a matter of time before the first nation makes the leap from the failed, capturable representative system to something much better.
With the alternatives now on offer, it's only a matter of time before the first nation makes the leap from the failed, capturable representative system to something much better.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And media & social media cartels (information capture).
With the alternatives now on offer, it's only a matter of time before the first nation makes the leap from the failed, capturable representative system to something much better.
With the alternatives now on offer, it's only a matter of time before the first nation makes the leap from the failed, capturable representative system to something much better.