Sep 16, 2022·edited Sep 16, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
The very technology you want to champion as a solution is being used by your opponents to prevent your success is the biggest barrier to the implementation of your proposed solution.
You can't control representatives through voting if the election is corrupted.
You cannot elect representatives with integrity if the corrupt politicians currently in control game the election system to prevent their being replaced.
I wish you all the luck in the world but I think you are a bit naive about who controls the blockchain technology. A decentralized ledger is great thing but its not a bulwark against corruption or attack.
When a US government agency can track, intercept communications from and monitor millions of phones concurrently why should we trust they can't do the same to a distributed blockchain ledger?
The use case that comes to mind is verification of transaction compliance against the blockchain. The only thing required to falsify a given verification process is traffic interception that sends all requests for the public blockchain to an alternate blockchain. Then once the users of the ledger have been spoofed the fact its been spoofed can be used to invalidate the entire ledger itself. The inherent trust in the blockchain rides on the back of internet security which is wholly owned by the NSA.
Bitcoin has never been hacked. Are you referring to the exchanges being hacked? That is user error. It’s like saying your house got broken into because you forgot to set the alarm. It’s not the alarm’s fault.
The difference between their technology and ours is that ours will be transparent, accountable, and thus actually trusted. You can see that difference, right?
What I don't see as I mentioned in my post above is how can ensure that yours is transparent, accountable, non hackable and authentic ? So many technical problems to resolve before it actually can be trusted. "Their" technology is your technology, you do not have any technology that the US government didn't either invent or has already compromised.
and their technologies are far advanced from what they give us. By the time it gets to general population it has already been tested and hackable. There are already leaks about the quantum computers they have. Also, one of the clues that was not publicized was when the Canadian truckers were punished it included locking their bank accounts as well as blocking their access to bitcoin. The information that is flowing now is all corrupted at best as well. This is a spiritual battle. That much I know. There are answers. Stop participating in their systems. Take all your money out of the stock market. Take all your money out of banks. Use the beef initiative to support your local farms that remain . Rain catchment and storage, strategic planning with the help of your local sheriff, mayor and at least quarterly Neighborhood parties that are really strategy sessions about how to barter and trade amongst yourself and who can be trusted etc. Any and all wrenches you can throw in their way including prayer. local gardens everywhere especially in abandoned lots and in front yards to replace grass, aquaculture and permaculture techniques. If just one of their people who understands the alternative energy technologies would step forward this would all be over..... but there would still remain battles but energy technology decentralized would clinche the war for humanity
I don't think you are understanding the level of checks and balances that can exist if done right. Taking your money out of banks and the stock market doesn't help if it is still their money. As for Bitcoin - the truckers should have kept it in a cold storage wallet. Otherwise, what the Canadians did to the truckers was a travesty. It infuriates me.
As a strict carnivore for autoimmune I use the Beef initiate! ;)
ok, you are correct about cold storage wallets but they still must have internet access to transact and I believe this is where the government has the ability to block transactions. Is this not correct?? And I too am enrolled at Beef initiative! and We have gone grass fed organic meats with fresh fruit and vegs.... All Corn and soy now is GMO and Russett potatoes now, and most all oats. We occasionally partake of basmati rice or pearled barley. Do you have a work-around for transaction security without engaging their system. (the globalists system). Basically it is globalists vs. nationalists........ and almost every single politician whether (D) or (R) is globalist. You can tell by their voting records. The very few nationalists are there for window dressing. I believe the Banking/globalist power structure would enact their EMP workshop scenario before allowing the nationalists to assemble and create an actionable plan. what do you think? Oh and thank you for your blog. Humanity is in it's final war....... the war for it all. As foretold by Globalists back for millenium.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that. If you believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen.
I do think the election system is highly compromised and has been for a decade or two. I just see that relying on a technology that is already compromised to verify the system as inherently insecure.
Oct 11, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
Corruption is one of the big problems. But the other big problem is that many voters feel entitled to use the power of government to take from other citizens to get what they want. They don't view government as an unbiased referee but a way to get what they want and to advance certain groups that they favor. Those with these views will not provide very good checks and balances.
We agree, but we would argue this is a symptom of a bigger problem. That problem is that our society needs a code to live by. Part of that code should be to not use government this way. And we should honor this code continuously, and rebuild our culture around.
Our society could use a good cultural rebuild with clearer definitions.
Sep 17, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
Instead of intrusive digital oversight of politicians, why not eliminate politicians altogether, since they are the bottlenecks for both power and corruption? Let citizens propose laws, debate them, and collectively write a final version to be voted on. When a vote is scheduled, all affected constituents are notified, and votes are submitted over a 48-hour period. There are no running totals; the result is simply published at the end of the 48 hours.
This way all government action will originate from public need, not from government need. Are potholes on Main Street becoming a problem? We will know because public comments about repaving Main Street will become an increasing focus on the local political forum. Now, the guy who owns the paving company will vote to repave every year - but he is just one anonymous voice in the ongoing debate. Until the majority want to repave, and have worked out a way to pay for it, no paving will be done. It allows the people to direct their resources and efforts toward what is most important FOR THEM.
How do you get there? You need an in between phase. One that takes over their system first. What you are proposing is an endgame. But the line of thinking is where we should be headed.
You need to have a strongly limited governemnt first or this will just result in tyranny of the majority. 50.1% of the vote should be no reason for some to get what they want and force others to pay for it.
We covered the tyranny of the masses problem before. This would have checks and balances in places. It is a chicken and egg argument. Right now there is a tyranny of the minority problem- which is more risky than tyranny of the masses.
Democracy is dangerous without a strong Constitution to protect individuals. Those feeling that they are the majority can be extremely dangerous. For example, we had slavery in this country for a long time!
In our vision the Constitution isn’t going anywhere. It is vital. But only if it is being upheld. The technology wouldn’t replace the Constitution, it would protect it from corruption. Right now it is being corrupted so badly it is on the verge of being a useless document because no one is being held liable for anything.
Sep 16, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
please be encouraged , your on the right track. We must have fair elections and then transparency. These are the 2 answers i get again and again when I ask God to give me guidance.
Lots of good stuff in your writings. But when you said this: "All I can do as a writer is to indicate the logic of our situation." we think there is more you can do. We can make an acute plan and then work together and voice together of how to get there.
We seem to recognize the same problem - that our systems have been corrupted by colluding forces. And we seem to have many of the same values. But how do we implement the fixes? It is going to start with technology, transparency, and a movement. At least that is what we believe.
Sep 16, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
By "as a writer" I meant "qua writer", not to imply there was nothing else I can do outside that sphere.
I don't per se place the blame on "colluding forces." I place the blame on our general failure to comprehend what government ought to do. Ergo my primary focus is on providing such understanding. But qua writer, I can't make anyone care to understand, I can only provide the understanding.
Mark my words: Any organization you wish to make will fail unless it is based on a correct understanding, whether by failing outright or in the sense of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Sep 16, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
How simple would you like? I can write it in two words: follow reason. I can write it in a sentence: in order to legitimately say what we "ought" do in any sphere (including politics), we need to rationally comprehend what "ought" means and how such "ought" is rationally justified, and that presupposes that we know what "rationally" means.
Really you should just read my book on the topic (the link I sent before was its last chapter).
i'm reading it now. If you would allow me to record the book on audio I would happily donate my time for that endeavor. i receive email notifications from this blog
That's a very kind offer, thanks. Though don't you think the subject material seems incompatible with an even reading pace? If you're actually reading it you're going to have to stop a lot. (I don't do audiobooks so I don't have a good judgement on how well it'd work.)
As I read through your chapters I can easily see that they would be amenable to an audiobook. Perhaps I should record an audio file and let you judge the merits of such an endeavor. I have spent lots of time with audiobooks, listening to them . I'm leaving for 10 days to help with the new grandbaby but when I return I would be able to work on a sample for you.
But since the politicians are never going to build their own shock collars, we need to do it first and insist that they wear them
This is the crux. We have absolutely no control over what our politicians do. We couldn’t even force them to open playgrounds and parks during the plandemic. I think the odds of them agreeing to an open and transparent system of government are close to nothing.
In my opinion, the better approach is to focus on what *we as individuals* can do right now. The working assumption should be that the government is at best indifferent and at worst actively hostile. How do we fix things in this world?
The answer is to withdraw from our corrupt culture and become as physically and intellectually self-reliant as possible. This is something that everyone can start *today* and does not require us to persuade people who have no incentive to change. The government has power over society because many people depend on it. If we break that dependency, then it becomes impotent.
Great comments. Self reliance is absolutely a beautiful and wholesome way to protest a tyrannical system. But we are not just interested in protesting it; we want to change it - by infiltrating the existing system and filling it will people who think a different way. People who think like you and us - who want an amazing society.
If you were elected into office, would you be willing to do this with honor? Would you use this technology? Would running on a platform like this bring you a lot more voters? (we think it would)
Now how many people are like you and us willing to serve our country in a new way by being a new kind of politician?
What we need is a few honorable politicians to volunteer to use this new technology and run for local offices and prove just how effective this is (which it will be). Then if a politician in the future refuses to use this tech, we simply have a new duty as voters - to band together and vote them out regardless of the side they are on.
We would rather vote for an "iGov politician" (one who uses our new technology) on the other side of the aisle, than vote for one on our side who refuses to use it to make governmental transparency and fixing the system a priority.
In other words, we don't need the politicians to agree at all. We just need a movement of people demanding this and if the politicians refuse to use it then we know they are the enemy and desire to corrupt the systems and they are out of office for life. Zero tolerance.
It all starts with a movement. Which we wrote about here but think we are going to rebrand it and start calling it the "iGov movement"
If you haven't read this, please do as it connects the two ideas:
1) making technology to help better control government in a decentralized and transparent way in order to end corruption.
2) A new agreement between people that we use to cross party lines, and work together on fixing the corrupted systems that govern our lives.
Politicians in every election cycle are selling the reformation tag line. Its a trite claim that the system can be fixed from the inside for exactly the reason detailed in Fat Rabbits comment. I have watched for decades as every new administration claimed in the campaign season to champion change only to betray those claims after election. iGov is already an owned concept run by the government. There is probably already a competitor to what your suggesting that is pre-corrupted.
Trying to achieve direct democracy for electing politicians is pointless, they will game the system to corrupt the process. A much better strategy would be to implement direct democracy voting for spending bills. If we take away the government piggy bank from the control of politicians hands then the motivation too bribe is eliminated. It also means spending bills have to be understandable by the masses.
What you are saying here - not Bob - is our endgame. We want that too. Do you know what a DAO is? We mention it. It is a direct way for citizens to control bills and spending - decentralized and accountable and transparent. But how do we get there from here without destroying our countries. This is the way. First things first.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that. If you believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen.
Sep 16, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
I think we need both approaches. Multiple approaches. We must know the enemy so that we can weaken them with that knowledge.
I believe we have people who are ready to interact with any and all solutions. But we need to recruit very intelligent people. Catherine Austin Fitts and Sidney Powell come to mind. Both brilliant and have paid with their very lives for our cause. And they both have a long record of trust and truth. Dave Collum, an organic chemistry professor at (forgive me) I forget which major university is on our same page. He has spoken recently about calculating the amount of calories he has in stored food for his household for 2 years....... so he's on the right track as well and has a long track record of being Constitutionalist/ peace and truth seeking. Mike Adams has his own platform and multiple websites and news organizations, has his own ISO 9000 certified food testing lab as well as an online store and a social media platform and news organization. He appears to have endless energy, plus be a patriot with a large organization and has been banned from YOUTUBE prior to Alex Jones being banned. Then there is Alex jones. What can you say, the guy is a fighter. But the sage is correct, your goal must be logical and of defined scope. Even if we would get that far there is always infiltration and infighting (probably from mind-manipulation techniques that have been announced for a very long time ). So, the decks are stacked against us but then so were they when Daniel faced Goliath
You are implicitly endorsing using a corrupt system (the black boxes that count votes, that are not allowed to be audited) to fix a corrupt system. It will never work.
The only logical thing is to not use the corrupt system, i.e. don't vote. I know many will argue that is not the right way, that it's lazy, etc. Many folks have already figured this out. The folks who don't vote in any election (which is always a plurality of voters) are not all lazy or apathetic. Many of them have figured this out and won't participate. Understanding that if an election is held, and no one shows up, the system is instantly exposed as the sham that it is.
We are talking about infiltrating that system, because it has control over our lives right now. If we don't vote that doesn't change the fact that the corrupt system is still presiding over our lives and is still harming people.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that.
While we appreciate our ideas being challenged, and your thought provoking comment, if you really believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen. Not just sticking your head in the sand pretending like nothing is happening, which is what it sounds to us when you talk about doing nothing as a protest.
I think that by the time you got enough people to sign up to the idea of a digital voting ledger (incidentally something I thought of too years ago), and if these people were smart and decent enough to actually vote for the right things, then you wouldn't need the idea anymore.
Things are bad, but we don't live in North Korea. We do live in a nation where most people have a basic lack of concern over such things. Sure, some of them get angry about this or that problem, but not enough to deeply question anything. The Public Opinion is really what is driving everything. Are there shenanigans? Sure. But the basis of why we have shenanigans is that the Public Opinion doesn't really believe in things like transparency and accountability.
What we need is a new breed of "politicians" to be the ones to bring it forward. If there were two politicians running for office - traditional one, and one who swore to a new oath, swore off campaign donations, and swore to use the new open sourced blockchain technology to create transparency in the term - and you liked both of their policies and promises - which one would you choose? The transparent one with checks and balances and accountability? Or the other one?
Well what happens to all our invested retirement funds? We need the in place finance officer to know what debits/credits are going into the system. Perhaps our own cash bank. Then tax money can go there and work from there. We obviously can’t pay the false debt they have built up, but some import exports have to known.
We could go a barter type system for some. Truckers and rail people could be given meals to them and their families to keep flows going until new monetary solutions arise. This is most important. Keep flows going.
Another big one is cleaning out the Universities. 🙄or Lordy Lordy do they need cleaning. There are “borne teachers” out there that can teach the grade school kids. Real teachers. But to have some normalcy we can keep the kids busy building up their own schools. I’m sure montmorency schools and Khan academy can help with this.
We may have to do neighborhood or “communal” work together (it’s not communism so don’t get your panties in a bunch). We have to confront taking care of each other. NO LEADERS JUST COOKS. This is where the culinary arts can really shine.
Do you have a great idea that idea portal is more or less the concept of focused system I am looking for Partners to help develop which I called the initiative quorum.  In this quorum, the idea is to monetize debate and reward people who can prove arguments with facts and logic in relation to policy.  The end goal is to help people build critical mass is to launch their own ballot measures so that we can decide on the very ideas we would like to vote on connecting E Democracy with Direct Democracy.
You are a great writer, and it would be wonderful to collaborate!
What is the underlying cause of greed and wrong up-bringing ?
Genes ? NO !! ; but sheer egoism as a result of bad education.
What is the underlying cause of sheer egoism as a result of bad education ?
Genes ? NO !! ; but life in an anonymous mass-society and its ruthless rulers who just "know how to play the game".
What is the underlying cause of a life in an anonymous mass-society with ruthless rulers ?
So-called civilization, the point when humanity left behind the life of autonomous, accountable, responsible and therefore sustainable hunter-gatherers, started agriculture and herding, thus allowing for specialization and creation of a (power) stratified society with all its "progress" as well as evil outcomes.
The only sustainable solution that will make a future for humanity possible is digitalized D E C E N T R A L I Z A T I O N with widest possible spread of an education that makes very clear that there IS no planet B and we ALL are just equal parts at the beginning of a "bigger story" on a global scale. NO politics, NO religion !!
Once communities whose members do not surpass the Dunbar's number by large are implemented, corrupt people will go extinct automatically. Seen any corruption in a village lately ??
Trust is essential, but direct societal control in a small community is far more efficient !!
What we need is a new breed of "politicians" to be the ones to bring it forward. If there were two politicians running for office - traditional one, and one who swore to a new oath, swore off campaign donations, and swore to use the new open sourced blockchain technology to create transparency in the term - and you liked both of their policies and promises - which one would you choose? The transparent one with checks and balances and accountability? Or the other one?
"If I have to have a representative, it will someone at a five minute walk's remove from my door. "
You already have representatives and they are much farther away than that, not transparent, not responsive at all to their constituents, not accountable to anyone, and basically serve as a PR front man for the corporations as they steal your money.
It's sounds to me like you just don't understand technology and the ways it could - and will - benefit us.
The very technology you want to champion as a solution is being used by your opponents to prevent your success is the biggest barrier to the implementation of your proposed solution.
You can't control representatives through voting if the election is corrupted.
You cannot elect representatives with integrity if the corrupt politicians currently in control game the election system to prevent their being replaced.
Also, if you are solutions minded then what would you propose?
I wish you all the luck in the world but I think you are a bit naive about who controls the blockchain technology. A decentralized ledger is great thing but its not a bulwark against corruption or attack.
When a US government agency can track, intercept communications from and monitor millions of phones concurrently why should we trust they can't do the same to a distributed blockchain ledger?
The use case that comes to mind is verification of transaction compliance against the blockchain. The only thing required to falsify a given verification process is traffic interception that sends all requests for the public blockchain to an alternate blockchain. Then once the users of the ledger have been spoofed the fact its been spoofed can be used to invalidate the entire ledger itself. The inherent trust in the blockchain rides on the back of internet security which is wholly owned by the NSA.
Bitcoin has never been corrupted or hacked.
2 billion dollars worth of BTC was hacked this year alone. Suggesting the NSA doesn't have a means to shutdown BTC traffic is a bit naive
Bitcoin has never been hacked. Are you referring to the exchanges being hacked? That is user error. It’s like saying your house got broken into because you forgot to set the alarm. It’s not the alarm’s fault.
The difference between their technology and ours is that ours will be transparent, accountable, and thus actually trusted. You can see that difference, right?
What I don't see as I mentioned in my post above is how can ensure that yours is transparent, accountable, non hackable and authentic ? So many technical problems to resolve before it actually can be trusted. "Their" technology is your technology, you do not have any technology that the US government didn't either invent or has already compromised.
and their technologies are far advanced from what they give us. By the time it gets to general population it has already been tested and hackable. There are already leaks about the quantum computers they have. Also, one of the clues that was not publicized was when the Canadian truckers were punished it included locking their bank accounts as well as blocking their access to bitcoin. The information that is flowing now is all corrupted at best as well. This is a spiritual battle. That much I know. There are answers. Stop participating in their systems. Take all your money out of the stock market. Take all your money out of banks. Use the beef initiative to support your local farms that remain . Rain catchment and storage, strategic planning with the help of your local sheriff, mayor and at least quarterly Neighborhood parties that are really strategy sessions about how to barter and trade amongst yourself and who can be trusted etc. Any and all wrenches you can throw in their way including prayer. local gardens everywhere especially in abandoned lots and in front yards to replace grass, aquaculture and permaculture techniques. If just one of their people who understands the alternative energy technologies would step forward this would all be over..... but there would still remain battles but energy technology decentralized would clinche the war for humanity
I don't think you are understanding the level of checks and balances that can exist if done right. Taking your money out of banks and the stock market doesn't help if it is still their money. As for Bitcoin - the truckers should have kept it in a cold storage wallet. Otherwise, what the Canadians did to the truckers was a travesty. It infuriates me.
As a strict carnivore for autoimmune I use the Beef initiate! ;)
ok, you are correct about cold storage wallets but they still must have internet access to transact and I believe this is where the government has the ability to block transactions. Is this not correct?? And I too am enrolled at Beef initiative! and We have gone grass fed organic meats with fresh fruit and vegs.... All Corn and soy now is GMO and Russett potatoes now, and most all oats. We occasionally partake of basmati rice or pearled barley. Do you have a work-around for transaction security without engaging their system. (the globalists system). Basically it is globalists vs. nationalists........ and almost every single politician whether (D) or (R) is globalist. You can tell by their voting records. The very few nationalists are there for window dressing. I believe the Banking/globalist power structure would enact their EMP workshop scenario before allowing the nationalists to assemble and create an actionable plan. what do you think? Oh and thank you for your blog. Humanity is in it's final war....... the war for it all. As foretold by Globalists back for millenium.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that. If you believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen.
I do think the election system is highly compromised and has been for a decade or two. I just see that relying on a technology that is already compromised to verify the system as inherently insecure.
Corruption is one of the big problems. But the other big problem is that many voters feel entitled to use the power of government to take from other citizens to get what they want. They don't view government as an unbiased referee but a way to get what they want and to advance certain groups that they favor. Those with these views will not provide very good checks and balances.
We agree, but we would argue this is a symptom of a bigger problem. That problem is that our society needs a code to live by. Part of that code should be to not use government this way. And we should honor this code continuously, and rebuild our culture around.
Our society could use a good cultural rebuild with clearer definitions.
Instead of intrusive digital oversight of politicians, why not eliminate politicians altogether, since they are the bottlenecks for both power and corruption? Let citizens propose laws, debate them, and collectively write a final version to be voted on. When a vote is scheduled, all affected constituents are notified, and votes are submitted over a 48-hour period. There are no running totals; the result is simply published at the end of the 48 hours.
This way all government action will originate from public need, not from government need. Are potholes on Main Street becoming a problem? We will know because public comments about repaving Main Street will become an increasing focus on the local political forum. Now, the guy who owns the paving company will vote to repave every year - but he is just one anonymous voice in the ongoing debate. Until the majority want to repave, and have worked out a way to pay for it, no paving will be done. It allows the people to direct their resources and efforts toward what is most important FOR THEM.
How do you get there? You need an in between phase. One that takes over their system first. What you are proposing is an endgame. But the line of thinking is where we should be headed.
You need to have a strongly limited governemnt first or this will just result in tyranny of the majority. 50.1% of the vote should be no reason for some to get what they want and force others to pay for it.
We covered the tyranny of the masses problem before. This would have checks and balances in places. It is a chicken and egg argument. Right now there is a tyranny of the minority problem- which is more risky than tyranny of the masses.
Democracy is dangerous without a strong Constitution to protect individuals. Those feeling that they are the majority can be extremely dangerous. For example, we had slavery in this country for a long time!
In our vision the Constitution isn’t going anywhere. It is vital. But only if it is being upheld. The technology wouldn’t replace the Constitution, it would protect it from corruption. Right now it is being corrupted so badly it is on the verge of being a useless document because no one is being held liable for anything.
please be encouraged , your on the right track. We must have fair elections and then transparency. These are the 2 answers i get again and again when I ask God to give me guidance.
My take: https://reasonandliberty.com/rl/declaration
Lots of good stuff in your writings. But when you said this: "All I can do as a writer is to indicate the logic of our situation." we think there is more you can do. We can make an acute plan and then work together and voice together of how to get there.
We seem to recognize the same problem - that our systems have been corrupted by colluding forces. And we seem to have many of the same values. But how do we implement the fixes? It is going to start with technology, transparency, and a movement. At least that is what we believe.
We need to organize, decentrally.
By "as a writer" I meant "qua writer", not to imply there was nothing else I can do outside that sphere.
I don't per se place the blame on "colluding forces." I place the blame on our general failure to comprehend what government ought to do. Ergo my primary focus is on providing such understanding. But qua writer, I can't make anyone care to understand, I can only provide the understanding.
Mark my words: Any organization you wish to make will fail unless it is based on a correct understanding, whether by failing outright or in the sense of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
How would you summarize what your view is of this "correct understanding."
Can you put it in simple, boiled down terms?
How simple would you like? I can write it in two words: follow reason. I can write it in a sentence: in order to legitimately say what we "ought" do in any sphere (including politics), we need to rationally comprehend what "ought" means and how such "ought" is rationally justified, and that presupposes that we know what "rationally" means.
Really you should just read my book on the topic (the link I sent before was its last chapter).
Does it come in audio form? Sorry I'm a multi-tasker. But very intrigued.
No and I'm not sure it's really digestible that way either.
i'm reading it now. If you would allow me to record the book on audio I would happily donate my time for that endeavor. i receive email notifications from this blog
If you want we can discuss this on the side, my contact info is at my blog (link above).
That's a very kind offer, thanks. Though don't you think the subject material seems incompatible with an even reading pace? If you're actually reading it you're going to have to stop a lot. (I don't do audiobooks so I don't have a good judgement on how well it'd work.)
There is a 15 second rewind function so you can listen to parts multiple times
Kids nowadays :-)
As I read through your chapters I can easily see that they would be amenable to an audiobook. Perhaps I should record an audio file and let you judge the merits of such an endeavor. I have spent lots of time with audiobooks, listening to them . I'm leaving for 10 days to help with the new grandbaby but when I return I would be able to work on a sample for you.
If you fear technology like I used to, try to simplify your fear like this:
Decentralized technology is good.
Centralized technology is bad - UNLESS the centralized entity is completely controlled by the larger decentralized entity.
Technology is being used against us right now to keep colluding entities in power. We need to wield that same power and use it back on them.
This could happen fast if we work together. Who can build the tech? In needs to be open sourced and transparent code so we all trust it.
Where should we go to meet? Someone reading this has an idea.
But since the politicians are never going to build their own shock collars, we need to do it first and insist that they wear them
This is the crux. We have absolutely no control over what our politicians do. We couldn’t even force them to open playgrounds and parks during the plandemic. I think the odds of them agreeing to an open and transparent system of government are close to nothing.
In my opinion, the better approach is to focus on what *we as individuals* can do right now. The working assumption should be that the government is at best indifferent and at worst actively hostile. How do we fix things in this world?
The answer is to withdraw from our corrupt culture and become as physically and intellectually self-reliant as possible. This is something that everyone can start *today* and does not require us to persuade people who have no incentive to change. The government has power over society because many people depend on it. If we break that dependency, then it becomes impotent.
Great comments. Self reliance is absolutely a beautiful and wholesome way to protest a tyrannical system. But we are not just interested in protesting it; we want to change it - by infiltrating the existing system and filling it will people who think a different way. People who think like you and us - who want an amazing society.
If you were elected into office, would you be willing to do this with honor? Would you use this technology? Would running on a platform like this bring you a lot more voters? (we think it would)
Now how many people are like you and us willing to serve our country in a new way by being a new kind of politician?
What we need is a few honorable politicians to volunteer to use this new technology and run for local offices and prove just how effective this is (which it will be). Then if a politician in the future refuses to use this tech, we simply have a new duty as voters - to band together and vote them out regardless of the side they are on.
We would rather vote for an "iGov politician" (one who uses our new technology) on the other side of the aisle, than vote for one on our side who refuses to use it to make governmental transparency and fixing the system a priority.
In other words, we don't need the politicians to agree at all. We just need a movement of people demanding this and if the politicians refuse to use it then we know they are the enemy and desire to corrupt the systems and they are out of office for life. Zero tolerance.
It all starts with a movement. Which we wrote about here but think we are going to rebrand it and start calling it the "iGov movement"
If you haven't read this, please do as it connects the two ideas:
1) making technology to help better control government in a decentralized and transparent way in order to end corruption.
2) A new agreement between people that we use to cross party lines, and work together on fixing the corrupted systems that govern our lives.
About the Transparency Movement:
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/what-we-need-is-a-transparency-movement
About using good people and infiltrating our own governments with them:
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/we-need-to-re-infiltrate-our-own
Politicians in every election cycle are selling the reformation tag line. Its a trite claim that the system can be fixed from the inside for exactly the reason detailed in Fat Rabbits comment. I have watched for decades as every new administration claimed in the campaign season to champion change only to betray those claims after election. iGov is already an owned concept run by the government. There is probably already a competitor to what your suggesting that is pre-corrupted.
Trying to achieve direct democracy for electing politicians is pointless, they will game the system to corrupt the process. A much better strategy would be to implement direct democracy voting for spending bills. If we take away the government piggy bank from the control of politicians hands then the motivation too bribe is eliminated. It also means spending bills have to be understandable by the masses.
What you are saying here - not Bob - is our endgame. We want that too. Do you know what a DAO is? We mention it. It is a direct way for citizens to control bills and spending - decentralized and accountable and transparent. But how do we get there from here without destroying our countries. This is the way. First things first.
You'll need to get those voting against corrupt politicians to file declarations they did so. "Voting" is almost entirely fake.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that. If you believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen.
That may be a rough equivalent. Getting people to "vote" twice may be troublesome.
I think we need both approaches. Multiple approaches. We must know the enemy so that we can weaken them with that knowledge.
I believe we have people who are ready to interact with any and all solutions. But we need to recruit very intelligent people. Catherine Austin Fitts and Sidney Powell come to mind. Both brilliant and have paid with their very lives for our cause. And they both have a long record of trust and truth. Dave Collum, an organic chemistry professor at (forgive me) I forget which major university is on our same page. He has spoken recently about calculating the amount of calories he has in stored food for his household for 2 years....... so he's on the right track as well and has a long track record of being Constitutionalist/ peace and truth seeking. Mike Adams has his own platform and multiple websites and news organizations, has his own ISO 9000 certified food testing lab as well as an online store and a social media platform and news organization. He appears to have endless energy, plus be a patriot with a large organization and has been banned from YOUTUBE prior to Alex Jones being banned. Then there is Alex jones. What can you say, the guy is a fighter. But the sage is correct, your goal must be logical and of defined scope. Even if we would get that far there is always infiltration and infighting (probably from mind-manipulation techniques that have been announced for a very long time ). So, the decks are stacked against us but then so were they when Daniel faced Goliath
You are implicitly endorsing using a corrupt system (the black boxes that count votes, that are not allowed to be audited) to fix a corrupt system. It will never work.
The only logical thing is to not use the corrupt system, i.e. don't vote. I know many will argue that is not the right way, that it's lazy, etc. Many folks have already figured this out. The folks who don't vote in any election (which is always a plurality of voters) are not all lazy or apathetic. Many of them have figured this out and won't participate. Understanding that if an election is held, and no one shows up, the system is instantly exposed as the sham that it is.
We are talking about infiltrating that system, because it has control over our lives right now. If we don't vote that doesn't change the fact that the corrupt system is still presiding over our lives and is still harming people.
If we create our own digital online system, one that uses blockchain technology and has a ledger, and on the new system it says on there that 40 million people voted for Candidate X, and the black boxes say that only 20 million people did, that will expose that obviously corrupted system.
So if indeed the voting systems or any part of them are corrupted - this is a check and balance of the most secure (and evolving) order to combat and compare to that.
While we appreciate our ideas being challenged, and your thought provoking comment, if you really believe that the voting system is corrupted then you should be clamoring for this to happen. Not just sticking your head in the sand pretending like nothing is happening, which is what it sounds to us when you talk about doing nothing as a protest.
I think that by the time you got enough people to sign up to the idea of a digital voting ledger (incidentally something I thought of too years ago), and if these people were smart and decent enough to actually vote for the right things, then you wouldn't need the idea anymore.
Things are bad, but we don't live in North Korea. We do live in a nation where most people have a basic lack of concern over such things. Sure, some of them get angry about this or that problem, but not enough to deeply question anything. The Public Opinion is really what is driving everything. Are there shenanigans? Sure. But the basis of why we have shenanigans is that the Public Opinion doesn't really believe in things like transparency and accountability.
What we need is a new breed of "politicians" to be the ones to bring it forward. If there were two politicians running for office - traditional one, and one who swore to a new oath, swore off campaign donations, and swore to use the new open sourced blockchain technology to create transparency in the term - and you liked both of their policies and promises - which one would you choose? The transparent one with checks and balances and accountability? Or the other one?
P.S. It is important though, to remain a registered voter. So that you are still in the local jury pool.
Well what happens to all our invested retirement funds? We need the in place finance officer to know what debits/credits are going into the system. Perhaps our own cash bank. Then tax money can go there and work from there. We obviously can’t pay the false debt they have built up, but some import exports have to known.
We could go a barter type system for some. Truckers and rail people could be given meals to them and their families to keep flows going until new monetary solutions arise. This is most important. Keep flows going.
Another big one is cleaning out the Universities. 🙄or Lordy Lordy do they need cleaning. There are “borne teachers” out there that can teach the grade school kids. Real teachers. But to have some normalcy we can keep the kids busy building up their own schools. I’m sure montmorency schools and Khan academy can help with this.
We may have to do neighborhood or “communal” work together (it’s not communism so don’t get your panties in a bunch). We have to confront taking care of each other. NO LEADERS JUST COOKS. This is where the culinary arts can really shine.
Do you have a great idea that idea portal is more or less the concept of focused system I am looking for Partners to help develop which I called the initiative quorum.  In this quorum, the idea is to monetize debate and reward people who can prove arguments with facts and logic in relation to policy.  The end goal is to help people build critical mass is to launch their own ballot measures so that we can decide on the very ideas we would like to vote on connecting E Democracy with Direct Democracy.
You are a great writer, and it would be wonderful to collaborate!
Working on that here. https://ballot.now.site
What is the underlying cause of corruption ?
Genes ? NO!! ; but greed and wrong up-bringing.
What is the underlying cause of greed and wrong up-bringing ?
Genes ? NO !! ; but sheer egoism as a result of bad education.
What is the underlying cause of sheer egoism as a result of bad education ?
Genes ? NO !! ; but life in an anonymous mass-society and its ruthless rulers who just "know how to play the game".
What is the underlying cause of a life in an anonymous mass-society with ruthless rulers ?
So-called civilization, the point when humanity left behind the life of autonomous, accountable, responsible and therefore sustainable hunter-gatherers, started agriculture and herding, thus allowing for specialization and creation of a (power) stratified society with all its "progress" as well as evil outcomes.
The only sustainable solution that will make a future for humanity possible is digitalized D E C E N T R A L I Z A T I O N with widest possible spread of an education that makes very clear that there IS no planet B and we ALL are just equal parts at the beginning of a "bigger story" on a global scale. NO politics, NO religion !!
Once communities whose members do not surpass the Dunbar's number by large are implemented, corrupt people will go extinct automatically. Seen any corruption in a village lately ??
Trust is essential, but direct societal control in a small community is far more efficient !!
Thanks for your post and ideas !!
Fear centralized technology. Embrace decentralized technology.
What we need is a new breed of "politicians" to be the ones to bring it forward. If there were two politicians running for office - traditional one, and one who swore to a new oath, swore off campaign donations, and swore to use the new open sourced blockchain technology to create transparency in the term - and you liked both of their policies and promises - which one would you choose? The transparent one with checks and balances and accountability? Or the other one?
"If I have to have a representative, it will someone at a five minute walk's remove from my door. "
You already have representatives and they are much farther away than that, not transparent, not responsive at all to their constituents, not accountable to anyone, and basically serve as a PR front man for the corporations as they steal your money.
It's sounds to me like you just don't understand technology and the ways it could - and will - benefit us.