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RE: RIPAC Solution: Block-Chain Quorum E-Democracy Candidate Nomination (Steemit Political Party)
Got it - essentially this entails flipping the system upside down - consumer driven policy rather than power grabbing elites. You would like one of the old greek systems whereby if qualified, you were in a sort of lottery for public service - it has pros/cons like every system.
I do fundamentally agree that democracy is not working (primarily because it is not democracy - it is pay-ocracy or corporation-ocracy).
'We the people' died many years ago - the US died, to me, upon JFK and Bay of Pigs - take your pick.
Your thinking is one of the reasons why I like listening to anarchists!
Enough .. I am rambling. Talk soon, I hope
Unlike the Greek system of direct democracy that ended in chaos, they didn't predicate theirs off of an existing nonnegotiable bill of rights. Theirs was not the true "limited direct democracy" that was limited to a constitution or bill of rights like us. They could vote away rights of people and create havok. I don't agree that "We the People" died, I think we think we died in general but new possibilities are available if we take action. Our rights have not disappeared. Just this year Marijuana was legalized in several states because of ballot initiatives for example. People are happier in states with ballot mechanisms and the voters are ready for a great change. I have debated many hard-core anarchists and had them concede that voting can have an impact if it's to take away power of the State to do harm. Now is the time for us to unite behind a solution that can and will work. Everything advocated by the organization I'm creating is backed by facts. There will be many blogs on those facts coming from this channel so stay tuned.
Mate, I look forward to it!
You will get used to my lobbing a few grenades around! I thoroughly enjoy a good debate and enjoy the process of learning something new every day.
I believe that anarchists are good for the debate because they stretch the thinking - extremism of all kinds has that ability. I had to unlearn a lot of 'givens' and as awkward as it was, it leaves me in a very open disposition to listen, as opposed to believe the last mantra.
By the way, could you give me a scope of what you develop? I believe in the railroad concept of blockchain as opposed to the gold mine and I have some thoughts around what can be achieved over the next 12-18 months.
This post below exemplifies much of what I'm working to develop. It's basically a project to open people's minds to using our ballot mechanisms and debating online using a system very much like what Steemit already has with its comments and replies that can all be up and down voted. The best thing you can do is to connect with me through google+ and gmail in particular for its business collaboration tools. I have a business plan involving a new crypto-currency that is 50 pages, valued at billions by year three, that should get people's attention. It's tied into this RIPAC project but it's independent as well. With a NDA I can share and we can talk more beyond what I have or will ever post in public. This is just to make sure my dream career isn't snaked by some other investors looking to do it without me. Connect through the social media links at the bottom of the post. Here is my "about us" post. https://steemit.com/politics/@ripac/ripac-about-us