One Direct Democracy is a movement for upgrading the global democratic system by taking the power away from politicians and putting it in the hands of the people by using Direct Democracy. It will also eliminate left and right politics. I've created the technology and a plan for how to make it work.
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The Florida government has passed a new bill that bans schools from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity. Is this a good idea? The argument behind it is that it allows parents to work through these issues with their kids rather than letting them unfold in school where apparently something might go wrong.
If you could vote directly on this policy to ban schools from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation, would you vote for it or against it?
Okay, what does this bill actually propose to do? According to this article from NPR:
The bill, which some opponents have called "Don't Say Gay," was signed by DeSantis on Monday. It reads, "Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Why do the people behind the bill think it's a good idea?
Supporters of the legislation say it's meant to allow parents to determine when and in what way to introduce LGBTQ topics to their children. It also gives parents an option to sue a school district if the policy is violated.
What does Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis have to say about it?
During a press conference ahead of signing the law, DeSantis said teaching kindergarten-aged kids that "they can be whatever they want to be" was "inappropriate" for children.
He said, "It's not something that's appropriate for any place, but especially not in Florida."
Check out the listing for this topic on the One Democracy platform:
https://onedirectdemocracy.com/policy-listings/florida-dont-say-gay-yes-no/
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One Direct Democracy
The reality is that we have reached a point in time in our evolution where Representative Democracy no longer serves the will of the people and technology can solve the problems that made Direct Democracy impractical.
That's why I created One Direct Democracy. It's a movement for upgrading the global democratic system by taking the power away from politicians and putting it in the hands of the people by using Direct Democracy.
I've created the technology and a plan for how to make this work.
18 Apr 2022
Extend Student Loan Pause To August? Yes/No?
The Biden administration has announced a plan to freeze federal student loan payments until Aug. 31. The existing moratorium was created to allow millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic. Is it the right move?
If you could vote directly on this policy to pause student loan repayments until August, would you vote for it or against it?
If it happens, it will be the sixth time the loan repayment freeze has been extended since it began in March 2020. Okay, so how many people will be impacted by this policy? According to this article from ABC News:
"The action applies to more than 43 million Americans who owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, according to the latest data from the Education Department."
"Nearly 37 million borrowers have saved about $195 billion from the moratorium through April 2022, according to a report released last month by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."
"The same report also found that student loan borrowers who didn’t benefit from the extended moratorium had 33% higher rates of delinquency on other debt."
One way to figure out whether this policy is even required is to look at the number of defaults on student loans.
"That includes more than 7 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans, meaning they are at least 270 days late on payments."
So how will this work specifically?
"Borrowers will not be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates are expected to remain at 0% during that period."
So is this just about the pandemic or is this part of a push to eliminate student debt?
"Sen. Patty Murray said more time is needed to help Americans prepare for repayment and to rethink the government’s existing system for repaying student debt."
Check out the listing for this topic on the One Democracy platform:
https://onedirectdemocracy.com/policy-listings/extend-student-loan-pause-to-august-yes-no/
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Adam Radly's TEDx Talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7npLVcymHGc
One Direct Democracy
https://onedirectdemocracy.com/
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Adam Radly's website
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One Direct Democracy
The reality is that we have reached a point in time in our evolution where Representative Democracy no longer serves the will of the people and technology can solve the problems that made Direct Democracy impractical.
That's why I created One Direct Democracy. It's a movement for upgrading the global democratic system by taking the power away from politicians and putting it in the hands of the people by using Direct Democracy.
I've created the technology and a plan for how to make this work.
11 Apr 2022
Suspend Russia From UN Human Rights Council? Yes/No?
Russia has been suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council after invading Ukraine and, as far as I'm concerned, committing multiple war crimes in Ukraine. As you can tell from what I just said, none of this is surprising but I was surprised to see the number of countries that voted against the resolution or decided to abstain. Did your country vote in favor of the resolution to suspend Russia, or against it or did it abstain and, if you vote on it directly, how would you vote?
So what was the final vote and what is the criteria for suspending a country from the UN Human Rights Council? According to this article from the Guardian:
"At a meeting of the UN general assembly on Thursday, 93 members voted in favor of the diplomatic rebuke while 24 were against and 58 abstained."
"This met the required threshold of a two-thirds majority of the assembly members that vote yes or no, with abstentions not counting in the calculation."
This is what Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations had to say after the vote
“War criminals have no place in UN bodies aimed at protecting human rights,” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted in response. “Grateful to all member states which … chose the right side of history.”
Okay, how did this process of suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council get started?
"The US ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, had launched the effort to suspend Russia from the 47-member human rights council with the world still recoiling from images of mass graves and corpses strewn in the streets of Bucha following Russian soldiers’ retreat."
Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s UN ambassador, introducing the resolution before the 193 members of the general assembly, said Russia has committed “horrific human rights violations and abuses that would be equated to war crimes and crimes against humanity”.
Check out the listing for this topic on the One Democracy platform:
https://onedirectdemocracy.com/policy-listings/what-should-the-criteria-be-for-suspending-nations-from-the-unhcr/
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Adam Radly's TEDx Talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7npLVcymHGc
One Direct Democracy
https://onedirectdemocracy.com/
IIMAGINE
https://iimagine.life/
Instagram
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Facebook
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Adam Radly's website
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One Direct Democracy
The reality is that we have reached a point in time in our evolution where Representative Democracy no longer serves the will of the people and technology can solve the problems that made Direct Democracy impractical.
That's why I created One Direct Democracy. It's a movement for upgrading the global democratic system by taking the power away from politicians and putting it in the hands of the people by using Direct Democracy.
I've created the technology and a plan for how to make this work.
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