The case for a decentralized society
Do you remember how the world used to be 20 years ago?
Bringing the news was a privilege of a few.
If you wanted to fund an idea and you haven't enough money you'd to go to some financial institution.
If you want to move around and you didn't have a car you'd to go using a government-controlled provider.
In a few more years we'll probably be manufacturing at home using 3D printers.
The world is changing pretty fast, now anyone can be a media producer.
Anyone can crowd fund their projects.
Anyone can rent a car after a few touches on a screen.
For some reason, we were sitting on our couches expecting the solutions coming from some guys filling papers.
And we still are, we're facing plenty of challenges: global warming, traffic jams, unsustainable welfare, uncontrolled debt, and we're expecting that the solutions will appear if we vote for the right person.
It is not gonna happen.
Governments are bureaucratic, slow pace, they can't experiment, and if they can't experiment the solutions take far longer to happen.
You vote every 4-6 years, elect some people and expect that everything is gonna be solved, if the government is awful(always) you still need to wait the term to finish and repeat the process.
It's like expecting a charming prince to lose your virginity. Don't do that, you will probably be frustrated.
To be able to innovate and find the answers it's necessary to experiment and to experiment you need to embrace the failure.
Governments can't do that, they're too big to fail.... and that's why they can't succeed.
Look how the world is changing, can you see a pattern here?
We're becoming more and more decentralized, more and more the power is being diluted in several places.
We have the internet, we have sharing economy, we have blockchain.
Where is this leading us? To less power concentrated in the hands of a few.
We have the unique opportunity to build a nation into a blockchain.
We have the opportunity to reinvent the way we collaborate, govern and run the world.
We have the chance to change welfare, basic income, healthcare, security and a lot more.
The antagonism used to be left vs right.
Then we figure it out better, it is state vs individual.
It came closer, but there was still something missing from the equation, in my opinion, the true antagonism is centralized vs decentralized society. That is what we should aim for.
And it is already happening, there are cool people doing cooler stuff out there, and they're not the bureaucrats you're looking for.
The solutions are out there, we were just looking in the wrong direction.
The change will come from the people and not Govt. And that is a good thing ;))
Well said. The state is a remnant of primitive man. The beauty in what you said is the truth -- The individual wants peace. You and I both want a better future. Those voting, watching MSM, and following the herd... they probably want a better future also.
It is upon the peaceful to bring peace.
May God have the power so justice may be served! 🙏🏻
A decentralized blockchain for voting procedures would be a good one, maybe hold a referendum on every major decision and have the populace vote via blockchain, that way our leaders can cock up less. We can have one running in 3 years and have a government adopt it, but that's just one small step on to the next one in the path to greater democracy and decentralization.