imagine if the money spent on convincing people you were going to fix the problems, was just spent on fixing the problems.
Imagine if there was a proposal system similar to Hive for some expenditures where a percentage of support had to be reached based on stake. How many would be willing to pay out of their private wallets for the next war?
I guess it depends on how much "defense" contractors are willing to spend whipping up a media frenzy but yes, if everything is recorded then it might only work once. If it was an additional cost to each citizen, then, no chance.
Now, to widen a road that eases my commute... sign me up!