Introduction  

All over the world today most people mistrust most politicians.

Political scandals, conspiracies and corruption occur daily in every country and in every political party, hence most politicians are mistrusted even by their supporters. Many believe that politics necessarily breeds corruption (there’s a well-known saying, “All power corrupts”).

No wonder many people mistrust not only politicians but all politics.

Many refuse to vote.  They no longer believe elections can make a significant change.

Non-voting for representatives is a vote of “no confidence” on rule by representatives.

Some people, disgusted by most Politicians’ duplicity, seek trustworthy politicians. If they find some, those too eventually disappoint them. No wonder some believe a dictator should replace parliament. Others, rejecting dictators but seeing no alternative, give up and leave politics to politicians. This makes matters worse as politicians concerned with their power rather than with the interests of society are left to run society.  

This booklet explains how to run society without politicians by all citizens voting directly on POLICIES rather than on politicians. When all citizens decide all policies politicians become redundant since polticians decide policy for others. They represent others. Authority to represent others is “Power”. Power - not politics - breeds corruption. Abolishing power abolishes corruption. It purges politics of hipocricy, duplicity, and conspiracies.  When all citizens decide all policies it is a Direct Democracy (DD).  In such a system no one represents others, no one is paid for deciding policy, so costs of running society are greatly reduced, yet citizens’ concern for their society rises.

No political system can cure all political problems. Belief in such a cure is a dangerous delusion.

 There is no such cure. Abolishing power solves many political problems but not all of them. When every citizen can propose, debate and vote on every policy no one has authority to decide for others so political power is abolished.  Power acts like a drug. Those who get it - in any State, Church, Town Hall, school, or family - become addicted to it. They should be handled like addicts. Addicts will do anything to get their drug. Many politicians crave power for its own sake, but even the few who use it to improve society will do anything to hold on to it.

DD abolishes political power by forbidding anyone to decide policy for others.

In DD every citizen has one vote on every policy and represents him/herself only.  

No one represents others.   If a policy produces undesirable results, those who voted for it are responsible. To prevent repetition of bad results voters must discover what made them vote for a bad decision and reconsider their motives. This enables people to search for causes of political problems within themselves - not outside them - to find and overcome them.    The basic principle of Direct Democracy states:

Every citizen has the right to propose, debate, and vote on, every law and policy. Every citizen decides for himself only, no one decides policy for others.  This abolishes power, which is authority to decide for others.

All citizens have the right to propose, debate, and vote on, every law and policy.

Whether they use this right - or not - is up to them.