Parties.
If the ambition is to become a DD Party, the requirements of being a party
should be clearly understood.
I do not know about other countries, but in the UK the requirements are laid
down by various bodies, not least of which is the Electoral Commission.
To comply with those requirements means you will be squeezed through a very
narrow orifice, the result of which will mean it will be the same as all the
others i.e. level playing field.
Then you have to consider public perception, parties are viewed with a great
deal of justified suspicion i.e. you will be painted with the same brush.
What is in a name?
If DD is ever going to happen, it needs to rewrite the 'book', starting with
the basics of
a) what it is called,
b) the public, not parliament.
That leads to the misunderstanding of various terminolgies; activist - one
who does something, advocate - one who talks about it (hoping someone else
will do it).
Groups are long on advocates, short on activists
If DD is ever going to be a reality, the activists need to work on
convincing the public, not trying to convincing parliament to change.
The only way you will convince the public is to demonstrate how it could
work, that means you getting of the 'speakers stand' and doing it, then
letting everyone know so we can learn from it.
It will be a slow process, but not as slow as shouting in to an empty barrel
(which is what preaching to the converted amounts to).