A big part of the problem is that there is no single entity that defends the citizens interest in this instance. You have the Disney's of the world heavily lobbying to pass reforms like these, but who protests against it?
- Online signatures? Gets laughed out of the room. They could be fake, they don't mean anything, they are paid, etc..
- Voting? Voting cycles are too long and voting decisions cannot be made on a single issue, so this is ineffective at best.
- Street Protests? It seems this is the only option. But as said in the article, even the credibility of these can be put into question.
- Online signatures? Gets laughed out of the room. They could be fake, they don't mean anything, they are paid, etc..
- Voting? Voting cycles are too long and voting decisions cannot be made on a single issue, so this is ineffective at best.
- Street Protests? It seems this is the only option. But as said in the article, even the credibility of these can be put into question.
So what do we do?