Computer professionals and the next culture of democracy

other campaign expenditures continues to break records. According to the Associated Press, two billion dollars had been spent as of September 2000 on the U.S. Presidential election that was still two months away, a sum higher than the amount spent in total on the previous presidential and congressional campaign in 1996 [11]. And as the domination by large economic interests increases, the idea of rough equality that democracy represents becomes increasingly degraded. The computing community is responsible for building the tools that have worked to change the face of democracy. But can we do more as responsible citizens?