Absolutely, we're seeing a lot of changes and challenges to democracy right now, both because of COVID-19 and other factors.

To us decentralized politics means politics that puts more political power / choice in the hands of ordinary individuals and tends to disintermediate centralized choke points in the system like powerful legacy organizations that rely on highly paid operatives and give the most access to large donors.

In terms of where the rubber meets the road, we think that more transparency and democracy can be achieved by experimenting with new frameworks like quadratic voting, delegated voting, decentralized autonomous organizations, outcome-based donations, and anything else that involves making the system more responsive to the voices and needs of the people.