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RE: Will the Blockchain Replace Government?
I like such a model where citizens are in actually getting a regular number of referendum questions put in front of them. Obviously democracy of the masses is a sloppy affair. Here in NZ we have a Multi Member Proportional system. So essentially there are 70 electorate seats, and 50 seats allocated by party vote. Something similar could work for global goverance to make it more inclusive of different parties and vioces whether we keep the politicians or not . Global federalism backed up by the blockchain?
Referendums are a very good way to get publics opinion if done correctly.
Correctly here can mean a lot of different things but I'd mention two reasons that I think are important.
One of the problems with any representative democracy is that its prone to the agenda of specific interest groups... even more if they are elected for a relatively long period of time.
We assume they will perform their duties with moral/principles with which we elected them.
One more problem is also compromises people are willing to take. Politicians might take compromises that are not supported by majority of their constituency and they start feeling betrayed, even though they are getting the result they voted for.
Global governance implemented on a blockchain sounds like the way to go but depends largely on the execution. We can decide on stuff like basic human rights on that level but nuances should trickle down to smaller constituency.
That is so true, no one solution can really effective for the whole globe, implementation would need to take place a local level.
Wording has always been important, and will stay important. People will never be removed from the process perhaps, just less important in the future.
Exactly! We can all decide that fresh water is a human right but what would be an acceptable dress code should be down to the culture of that region/city/neighborhood.
You got it, never removed but with limited/balanced power spread between politicians and general public.
Ok! Now let's just get everyone else on board :)
I was actually thinking about this for some time now and I think we already might have a solution that was waiting for something like blockchain.
This discussion is making me think that the best actually might be to write a story about it and at least try to kick off some debate on steem :)