I too would like to see a purely democratic process rather than a representative one. And I also agree that it won't happen soon. The question is, what do we keep of govt?
How would the group propose electronic voting on legislation should proceed? What sort of technical solution could be arrived at to allow everyone in the country to vote on specific legislation and how would they get access to that legislation? I think _this_ is a cypherpunk topic for sure.
two quick comments: 1. this is an extremely interesting problem in my opinion. the ideal form of government has not been achieved in many millenia. could it be solved given the full power of the information age, i.e. an apex in intellect and technology? personally I think a very efficient form of government can be created. its a problem with very little true "research" behind it in one sense (I mean, how much thought goes into the creation of the average government? perhaps a lot of thought, but how much of it is backed by good understanding of consequences of various choices?). on the other hand, it is a problem in which research has been ongoing for centuries. if anyone knows of a mailing list to discuss this concept of trying to apply technology to government, I would be most interested. the closest I can see right now is groupware software, which I have repeatedly predicted here is going to go ballistic as far as development some near date in the future (esp. with high speed networks). 2. the mouth-foaming libertarians here hate discussions about democracy. TCM repeatedly advocates total withdrawal as the "solution". the basic belief is that government shouldn't matter. "if it doesn't matter, we're right, if it does matter, then there's nothing we can do about it" I saw paraphrased here once. the nihilism associated with the attitude that people always move toward the evil side of the morality spectrum, such that the majority is always a tyrannical cabal, is strong here. so if you want to get some serious discussion on this matter, maybe you can find another mailing list where the mere basic premises are not going to elicit dirty looks.