The Simple Reason Political Systems Have Become Obsolete

If an alien was to visit Earth they would witness something rather peculiar. They would observe humans change opinions and ideas with every passing hour whether that is online or at the coffee table. They will see that most of us are drowned into hypocrisy and indecisiveness while very few are able to actualize their words into actions. They will also observe that while we live in a fast paced, constantly changing world, our political systems are frozen in time and take years to even rotate.

This is the point where future students studying history would laugh at us. They will observe John, the hard working family man that voted candidate X to change multiple political ideas in the span of a week. In all likelihood, John never agreed in anything in particular with a generic political idea. He probably ended up voting out of whim or emotion of some over- marketed political campaign or fake news.

There is not a single argument to be made about this farce we are experiencing in politics. How can we literally flip every single idea that comes along while at the same time freeze time when it comes to politics? How can we possibly rationalize this double gear to our children with a straight face?

The only solution to this rather laughable situation are blockchain technologies. People can vote through smart contracts for different situations based on the given point in time. Our political system needs to follow our fast changing world. If we are showered by so many ideas on a daily basis then we should have the choice to change our choices on the fly. Our human network needs to be updated much like the blockchain network with every single transaction.

This is how spontaneous order can occur in a massive political ledger where decisions for every single thing are made public. There is no argument why the political system shouldn't work as fast as the financial markets. Blockchain not only ensures this process to be more efficient but also more reliant and trustworthy due to the transparency that the blockchain offers.

We are living in the beginning of a massive revolution that will disturb everything we take for granted. For most of us this fast pacing world seems blurry and fake but this will become more and more of a reality as the times goes on. Like I mentioned in a previous post, Maximalism always fails at the end because new things come into the scene, ready to get adopted and evolve into newer versions of things that we cannot even fathom. Our political system will remain in the history books as primitive as the one of the ancient civilisations. We are keeping the same recipe: The masses arbitrarily chose individuals as leaders based on superficial characteristics of power, fashion and looks — no different than what other animals do in the jungle.