"Desktop Democracy" by Robert Augugliaro
In “Desktop Democracy” (ISBN 1470133202), Robert Augugliaro dreams up a future United States where the American people have enacted a direct democracy using computer technology to represent themselves. Politicians and elected lawmakers have been replaced by everyday citizens who now have direct access to governing. This novel probes the merits, both good and bad, of this hypothetical scenario in which a confluence of cutting-edge software, popular sentiment and the widespread adoption of technology blossoms into an Internet based True Democracy.
Augugliaro found the origin for this futuristic scenario in the 236-year-old United States Constitution. Since its inception, the country has always had a talent for democratic experimentation that is embedded in the language of its founding documents. This novel dares to imagine that “We the People” need not have a Senate, Congress, or even Judges put into office by a distant electorate. The author explores the possibilities of self-government in a virtual true democracy.
“The old way of representative government was obsolete and unnecessary at this time in America’s history,” writes Augugliaro. “Why settle for mediocrity when it is technologically achievable for all citizens to represent themselves?”
Following the triumphs and conflicts encountered by the American people as they work to govern themselves directly, “Desktop Democracy” exposes the strengths and weaknesses inherent in direct democracy as well as the representative democracy which has come to dominate the United States over its two centuries of existence. Readers will see how this grand experiment fares as characters like Ekaj Arboc, a computer software engineer, and a CEO named Bob, a shadowy figure who heads the lucrative Zinic corporation, watch as their lives become deeply entwined with the novel’s greatest character, the American people themselves.
Provocative, enlightening and fiercely committed to American ideals, “Desktop Democracy” dares to imagine an American future where the citizens themselves decide their ultimate fate. As one character in the novel says, speaking for the entire nation, “We are the government. We have the technology to represent ourselves.”
“Desktop Democracy” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.
About the Author: World traveled, Robert Augugliaro has visited and/or lived in over 25 different countries spanning as many years. A student of the human experience, he astutely observed the cultures and governments of the nations he was privileged to be immersed in. He persistently compared those observations to the United States Constitution and his passionate knowledge of history. Assimilating the pros and cons of each unique government and culture, he formed a question for which he had no answer: Why not represent yourself in government?
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Wow! Just read this book. I’m ready to represent myself. This might be the beginning of America’s next revolution. A must read for anyone fed up with the system and politics.
Finally something for all Americans to agree upon that we can do a better job than elected representatives. Our congress doesn’t even make a budget and spends borrowed money. But I have to balance my own checkbook and live within my own means. Fire the idiots in Washington and represent yourself just makes sense to me.