A direct democracy tends to be a favored form of government of those who are not particularly familiar with how a real government works. A government must make many, many decisions on a daily basis. This work can be divided between people who use voting to make these decisions and bureaucrats. read more
Elon Musk has been pretty focused on setting up a colony on Mars, so naturally he has a few ideas as to the type of government the Red Planet should have. Speaking at ReCode's Code Conference on Wednesday night, the SpaceX CEO said he envisions a direct democracy for Martian colonies, as a way to avoid corruption. read more