GREGORY Simon
@DirectDemToday
Author - 5 books uncovering Swiss Style #DirectDemocracy so that the world knows🇬🇧🇨🇭🗡️🐉 https://www.directdemocracytoday.com/resources-links
Here are a few excerpts from my new book, Subsidiarity. In its pages, I invite you on a thirty-day trek across Switzerland, where every step illuminates how real people—not distant elites—can shape the rules that govern them. Running in parallel is an imagined future ruled by…
Why do the Swiss have #DirectDemocracy? And what happens if you don’t? Well… you’ll have to read the books to find out (spoiler: it’s not chocolate and cuckoo clocks). Discover four novels that dive deep—Alpine deep—into Swiss direct democracy: why it matters, how it works, and…
War & Peace Imagine a version of early 20th-century Europe where every country runs like Switzerland—not just the chocolate, watches, and mountains part, but the politics too. In this version, power is spread out across regions, local governments matter deeply, and citizens…
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” Aldous Huxley, July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963. Photo by George Platt Lynes
AI - where does it ultimately lead in the hands of the State
Switzerland Chose Tracks Over Cuts & Prospered Everywhere Switzerland’s Secret? It Never Abandoned Its Small Towns In a world where small towns are too often left behind, Switzerland offers a quietly radical example of what happens when you choose connection over abandonment,…
This seems more relevant than ever - 👇🏼
Here are a few excerpts from my new book, Subsidiarity. In its pages, I invite you on a thirty-day trek across Switzerland, where every step illuminates how real people—not distant elites—can shape the rules that govern them. Running in parallel is an imagined future ruled by…
Switzerland - Power in the Hands of the People - #DirectDemocracy - How about in your country?
In Switzerland, you don’t just vote every few years—you vote 10–12 times every year. @samuelkullmann explains how power stays in the hands of the people.
We are almost there - The Jetsons
We are excited to share this raw flight footage including take-off and landing, all with real sound. No special effects, no CGI, no AI, pure engineering. Enjoy the future! A fully functional real-world "speeder bike" that so far only existed in sci-fi movies is finally here.
Switzerland 🇨🇭 Direct democracy: The Swiss are more involved in citizen political decision making by voting up to four times a year to decide government policies via referendums. Urgently needed in the UK. Let the people decide.
China’s aviation breakthrough: Passenger capsule detaches mid-flight for safety! 🛫 Equipped with auto-parachutes for soft landings, even on water. Luggage stays separate. 🚀 #Innovation
It’s the problem of “shared responsibility” which scuppers efficiency and the ability to get things done. x.com/directdemtoday…
The Pitfalls of Shared Responsibility in Localism: A Warning Against Inefficiency and Moral Hazard This post is a bit lengthier than my usual ones, but I believe it's important to delve into this topic as part of a brief series on "localism" and its merits. Let's start with a…