Have your say @ https://pledge.vote
The Pledge is changing the playing field for the next Australian Federal election. A roadmap for peaceful revolution.
People need to have something to vote for rather than vote against. We are officially in the Misinformation Age. Trust will be one of the most important currencies in the foreseeable future and governments, political parties, organisations and public figures who can establish trust will be incredibly powerful. Australia is in crisis. We have a political crisis, a democratic crisis and a leadership
crisis. Without question, citizens are not being represented as the system intended and as a result the outcomes of our policies are becoming less and less democratic and more and more ideological and tribal. Support for political parties continues to diminish at each election cycle, we find ourselves in a place where independents and minor parties are becoming the choice of a far greater number of Australians. What this means in context is that the ideological stranglehold of the traditional left and right, is no longer serving the needs of the people and the ideologies themselves are no longer able to answer for all of the challenges that confront us. Whether we deal with asylum seekers, or climate change whether we talk about wealth inequality, or the future of work, people are expecting more from our political leaders and traditional political offerings have proven to be woefully inadequate in solving complex problems that require looking towards a future beyond the next election cycle. The system requires a different opportunity for constituents who do not know who deserves their precious vote. The opportunity before us is to recast the system, in a way unimaginable only a few decades ago, but obvious today and inevitable tomorrow. The heroes of democracy 2,0 will be the champions of communities. They will be localized. Problem solving will be collaborative and policies will be well thought-out and fact based. It is imperative that the system regains trust, and the only way to do that is to strengthen the transparency and accountability of the system so that people know that their voice is always heard and that the people hearing it will be accountable to it and removed from vested interests.
