This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Democracy is in crisis — and most people can feel it.

Wages stagnate while billionaires multiply. Politicians promise change and deliver gridlock. Artificial intelligence threatens to reshape the economy while citizens have no voice in how it's deployed. The system built to represent the people has become a machine that serves the few.

But this is not a book about despair. It's a blueprint for something better.

Vox Populi, Vox D(e)irect argues that direct democracy — where citizens vote on policy, not just politicians — is no longer a utopian dream. The technology exists. Estonia votes online. Switzerland decides national policy by referendum. Blockchain can secure elections. Smartphones put a ballot in every pocket.

Drawing on history from ancient Athens to the Arab Spring, from game theory to constitutional philosophy, Nikola Babić traces humanity's long struggle for self-governance and makes the case that the next step is not revolution — but evolution.

This book will alert you to dangers most prefer to ignore. It will give you reasons for hope when the headlines offer none. And it will call you to action — because the battles we avoid, our children will fight.

The voice of the people must be direct.