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Problems (7): PR-00001–PR-00007 — Meaning Crisis, Illegitimate Domination, Performance Society Exhaustion, Fascization, Epistemic Power Concentration, Platform Feudalism, Knowledge Isolation Models (5): Han, Fisher, Foucault, Vervaeke, Graeber/Anarchism Values (6): Epistemic Sovereignty, Authority Requires Justification, Exhaustion Is Structural, Mutual Aid Over Market, Digital Autonomy Is Political, Deep Reflection As Practice Arguments (3): Platform Feudalism → Democracy, PKM as Epistemic Strategy, Algorithmic Rationality Erodes Autonomy Organizations (5): IndieWeb, Wikimedia Deutschland, Reporter ohne Grenzen, Mehr Demokratie e.V., netzpolitik.org Plans (1): de-plan1-sven.md — Germany plan with 6 challenges, 5 strategies Data (1): DE-Democracy-Metrics — V-Dem, RSF, EIU, ARD-DeutschlandTREND, Bundeswahlleiter, More in Common Cross-linking: KNOWLEDGE-GRAPH.md + entities.json index Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Organization: Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Type: Nonprofit / civic advocacy Founded: 1988 Base: Berlin (federal office) + regional offices, Germany URL: https://www.mehr-demokratie.de
Mission: Strengthen direct democratic participation and make political decision-making more transparent, accessible, and citizen-controlled.
Problems Addressed:
- Primary: PR-00002 (Illegitimate Domination) — advocates for structures in which citizens have direct, meaningful influence over decisions that affect them, beyond the four-year election cycle.
- Secondary: PR-00004 (Fascization) — democratic participation is the structural counter to authoritarian capture. When citizens have genuine power, authoritarian shortcuts are less attractive.
Key Work:
- Volksentscheid (referendum) advocacy — campaigns for binding citizens' initiatives at federal and state level. Germany has no federal referendum mechanism; Mehr Demokratie argues this is a democratic deficit.
- Transparency — campaigns for open government, lobby register, and citizens' access to political decision-making
- Electoral reform — advocates for more proportional, citizen-friendly electoral systems
- Participatory budgeting — promoting direct citizen involvement in public spending decisions
Why direct democracy matters structurally: Representative democracy concentrates decision-making power in elected intermediaries who face accountability only at election intervals. Direct democratic instruments (referenda, citizens' initiatives, participatory budgeting) close this gap — making domination structures directly challengeable by citizens rather than manageable only through party intermediaries.
Tension: Direct democracy can be captured by majorities hostile to minority rights — Mehr Demokratie addresses this through constitutional safeguards in its proposals.
Connection to Values: VA-00002 (Authority Requires Justification), VA-00004 (Mutual Aid Over Market) Connection to Plans: de-plan1-sven.md — MISSION (democratic capacity), STRATEGY 4 (conditions for participation) Connection to Models: MO-00005 (Graeber/Anarchism — prefigurative politics, horizontal decision-making)