Electronic Direct Democracy

Famous quotes containing the words electronic, direct and/or democracy:

“Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)

“He had robbed the body of its taint, the world’s taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.”
—Chris Patten (b. 1944)