This Forum post introduces a new component of Direct Democracy called the National Opinion Collection System (NOCS). This new system is discussed in more detail at http://A3society.org under the Government tab. An index of discussion topics can be found at http://A3society.org/O...: site:occupywallst.org/forum/occupytheconstitution .

Obviously, any effort to "fix" democracy will not be a simple ordeal. There are a lot of changes needed, there are many alternative approaches that must be considered and decided on, and there are many people currently in positions of power that will fight any changes that would take their power away. One of the biggest hurdles we face is that people don't even have examples of better democratic models that could work. The elements presented here are a summary of innovations presented in the summary chapters of LIARS! Vol. 2: Escape to Insanity which describe one new democratic model that addresses and FIXES all the known failures.

A common observation we hear from various "Occupy" movements is that the "old system" has failed. The "old system" must be thrown out. Many people around the world agree with this. But when asked how they would do it, their replies are usually phrased as generalizations, like: "get rid of the BAD guys", "make things BETTER", "eliminate CORRUPTION", "get rid of corporate INFLUENCE". While these statements at first appear to make sense, they are actually very limited. Why? Because they do not declare any concrete ACTION to take.

Organizations should be created by society for the benefit of individuals