This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and it’s a huge problem, but I don’t really see a lot of discussion about it. We have the technological means now for every single person on the planet to communicate directly with every single other person, in near-real time. The only real barrier to it is logistical (and is mostly impeded by resource hoarding). That’s amazing. And the recent election in Nepal via Discord has me thinking again about how the internet could form the basis for a real, democratic, world government. There are a ton of problems that would need to be addressed, off the top of my head:
- not everyone has internet access
- not everyone that has access has unfettered access
- It’s hard to preserve anonymity and have fair elections
- it’s hard to verify elections haven’t been tampered with
- what happens when violent crimes are committed?
- how do taxes work in this system?
- how do armed forces work in this system?
I don’t think any of these problems are necessarily unsolvable, but I don’t know how. So, how would we get from where we are to where we want to be? How do we even define what the end state should look like?
Exactly like any other functioning imperfect example of some fundamentally coherent beings of intelligent life. That said, no one claimed these beings as intelligent or overburdened with an extensive education at hand. Anyhow’s, yada yada yada. Charlie Kirk is dead & I am so ok with it. Hell, people die every day all over the planet & classrooms in our country. I was not close with Charlie & for that I am grateful. His message was terrible and actually targeted very specific demographics. Buuuuuut, hey it’s your right no matter how stunted & inbred in concept it may be. You could probably jerk off during Sunday church service if’s you were clever enough. It doesn’t imply that one should attempt such a stunt. Although, fuck it, I’m down to just watch.
Please stop posting while high