This agreement would use technology to eliminate corruption, create governmental transparency, decentralization, accountability, and more. And no, we don't need government's permission to proceed.
Yeah? How exactly do you propose to put technology in charge of accurate vote-counting, in such a way that the voters will know that the ballots got counted accurately?
Blockchain is a public shared ledger, requiring all systems to come up with the same result. If one doesn't match (system rigger?) it is thrown out. The key is your access to verify, maybe you would use it to make sure what you have on your paper has been counted appropriately in the tally. That is why people pay so much for crypto, no single actor can corrupt the system, it is trustable. It is scary and intimidating at first.
Blockchain is a public shared ledger, requiring all systems to come up with the same result. If one doesn't match (system rigger?) it is thrown out. The key is your access to verify, maybe you would use it to make sure what you have on your paper has been counted appropriately in the tally. That is why people pay so much for crypto, no single actor can corrupt the system, it is trustable. It is scary and intimidating at first.
1. Everyone taking responsibility for the system is a great idea, kinda like what the framers of the Constitution had in mind. But apathy, ignorance and greed get in the way.
2. The Agreement is a good idea, but way too complicated and wordy.
3. Money is energy; it cannot be separated from politics.
The only way this would work, even of everyone agrees to it, is if every vote is public. As long as people can say 1 thing publicly, then vote the same way they always have, nothing may change (if we get the same results, this would have to be why, but without accountability or making votes public, everyone can just lie).
The US Constitution is the platform that provided for a radically different and fundamentally free society. Our problem is not the lack of a new technology platform with the right algo's governing it. Our problem is that we have hundreds of millions of people who are too selfish, stupid, lazy, and/or disinterested to be citizens of a democratic republic not to mention most never understood their obligations and responsibilities in such a system in the first place. You're technology platform will never make up for the flawed/incompetent citizenry.
And how exactly do you solve for propagandists? Whoever controls the “transparency” controls the people controls the government. The Hunter Biden laptop and Burisma story is a recent but perfect example. CNN and Fox News will happily tell you all day long how accurate and unbiased they are and most believe them, or won’t do anything about how untrue that is. People continue to lazily watch the propaganda.
Some hypothesize that Blockchain technology would do this (like Bitcoin, where no one controls everything). It's possible, but difficult. You'd have to have people willing to do it, and that takes lots of time & money commitment. Then, the distrust of everyone in the creation of the technology, as if a "backdoor" was implemented, or something, so it's near impossible to do something everyone would agree with, or trust the results from.
Neil! If you understood the extent to which the people have been unwittingly subjected to brainwashing and mind manipulation and the amount of time this has occured in you wouldn't blame the people! Yes! We are responsible and definitely have civic duties within our representative government but we have been played for a long long time and have just now truly found out about it! The layers of corruption that have been installed in our government are astounding! Please seek to inform about all this as people really need to know how we came to this point! Thank you
In any scenario it may not be the “victim’s fault” but it is always the victim’s responsibility to get out of it.
For example, if your father left when you were young, or your mom is an addict- that is not your fault at all. However it is always your responsibility to still navigate that trauma.
It is no different here. It’s not victim blaming. It is taking responsibility for our government.
In America we are supposed to be the government. Unless we take responsibility for that it will never get fixed.
Less tech, more integrity. Paper ballots, manual counting.
We can't be scared of technology. It can help us connect (it is right now). We just need to decentralize it so no one entity can harm us with it.
Yeah? How exactly do you propose to put technology in charge of accurate vote-counting, in such a way that the voters will know that the ballots got counted accurately?
There are lots of way. For one voters can hold onto their keys in a blockchain.
??? "hold onto their keys in a blockchain"? What does that mean?
Blockchain is a public shared ledger, requiring all systems to come up with the same result. If one doesn't match (system rigger?) it is thrown out. The key is your access to verify, maybe you would use it to make sure what you have on your paper has been counted appropriately in the tally. That is why people pay so much for crypto, no single actor can corrupt the system, it is trustable. It is scary and intimidating at first.
Ditto! What is a "key in a blockchain"?
Blockchain is a public shared ledger, requiring all systems to come up with the same result. If one doesn't match (system rigger?) it is thrown out. The key is your access to verify, maybe you would use it to make sure what you have on your paper has been counted appropriately in the tally. That is why people pay so much for crypto, no single actor can corrupt the system, it is trustable. It is scary and intimidating at first.
have home online voting
Absolutely Great Work !!! Holding the reps accountable is (IMHO) the most difficult piece. Thanks for posting this and for the work you are doing.
be money wary
be money wary
follow the money
https://bmartin.substack.com/p/c63 ramgbs.wordpress.com
1. Everyone taking responsibility for the system is a great idea, kinda like what the framers of the Constitution had in mind. But apathy, ignorance and greed get in the way.
2. The Agreement is a good idea, but way too complicated and wordy.
3. Money is energy; it cannot be separated from politics.
The accountability here is really attractive. Limitations on power and influence. I love it. I'd live in that society happily.
The only way this would work, even of everyone agrees to it, is if every vote is public. As long as people can say 1 thing publicly, then vote the same way they always have, nothing may change (if we get the same results, this would have to be why, but without accountability or making votes public, everyone can just lie).
The US Constitution is the platform that provided for a radically different and fundamentally free society. Our problem is not the lack of a new technology platform with the right algo's governing it. Our problem is that we have hundreds of millions of people who are too selfish, stupid, lazy, and/or disinterested to be citizens of a democratic republic not to mention most never understood their obligations and responsibilities in such a system in the first place. You're technology platform will never make up for the flawed/incompetent citizenry.
You seem to have a Substack titled "technologies for the human spirit" which sounded interesting but there is no content.. yet?
It sounds like you are in the type of mindset of pointing out problems but not one for solutions.
The real problem is that the best propagandist in the world are colluding to make us all disengaged. We just need to be reengaged with purpose.
And it isn't "my" technology platform. It would be all of ours. We would create it.
A good system accounts for all of the problems you just mentioned.
Maybe listen to the explanations of the implementation here:
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/the-movement-starts-here?s=w
So...how's the "movement" going?
Better than expected
And how exactly do you solve for propagandists? Whoever controls the “transparency” controls the people controls the government. The Hunter Biden laptop and Burisma story is a recent but perfect example. CNN and Fox News will happily tell you all day long how accurate and unbiased they are and most believe them, or won’t do anything about how untrue that is. People continue to lazily watch the propaganda.
Some hypothesize that Blockchain technology would do this (like Bitcoin, where no one controls everything). It's possible, but difficult. You'd have to have people willing to do it, and that takes lots of time & money commitment. Then, the distrust of everyone in the creation of the technology, as if a "backdoor" was implemented, or something, so it's near impossible to do something everyone would agree with, or trust the results from.
Neil! If you understood the extent to which the people have been unwittingly subjected to brainwashing and mind manipulation and the amount of time this has occured in you wouldn't blame the people! Yes! We are responsible and definitely have civic duties within our representative government but we have been played for a long long time and have just now truly found out about it! The layers of corruption that have been installed in our government are astounding! Please seek to inform about all this as people really need to know how we came to this point! Thank you
Nice job of blaming the victims! http://www.thepolemicist.net/2016/09/strike-vote.html
In any scenario it may not be the “victim’s fault” but it is always the victim’s responsibility to get out of it.
For example, if your father left when you were young, or your mom is an addict- that is not your fault at all. However it is always your responsibility to still navigate that trauma.
It is no different here. It’s not victim blaming. It is taking responsibility for our government.
In America we are supposed to be the government. Unless we take responsibility for that it will never get fixed.