Ruled by the Ruled

S ending someone to represent you is

By transferring the power to make law and spend money to the general public, it will eliminate the imminently and unavoidably corruptible middleman.
By eliminating the concentration of power held by a handful of individuals, it is posible to eliminate the corruption inherent in conventional governemnt
Governance using an application built on something like the XRP ledger makes it possible to disperse power to the people being ruled
If all legislative decision are made by millions instead of dozens, there are too many for the wealthy to bribe or threaten or to use their media control to assasinate their character.

The legitimacy of smartphone voting can be easily and quickly verified on a city or county level.
We would quickly find out how much less a capital infrastructure cost might be reduced by eliminating the need to pad the price to account for the necessary campaign contributions.

Compromise is only good if it is needed
It is better to have two communities getting exactly what they want than one community of two groups only getting half of what each wants.
More often than not, a compromise is worse than inaction.
Frequently, compromise is not only not possible, but rarely achieved.
Many times, the tyranny of the majority, by hook or by crook, becomes the result.

There are few things in life as sweet and winning against a bully; of defeating a truly reprehensible or diabolical enemy.
Claiming the right to self determination from not just a bully, but a bully willing to imprison or murder you, is as good as it gets.
We are at an epochal moment in history. We will either win our right to self rule or lose it for God knows how many succeeding generation.
But the best point of all, is that we can not only win it for ourselves, but for the entire world.
Imagine if every government in the world was replaced with incorruptible 'TRUE DEMOCRACIES'.
What a gift and legacy such a contribution would be for the entire world.