The Internet is like the wild West dominated by a few billionaires, and monopolies that are economically and socially attacking us. With almost no government regulation, anything goes from AI, spying, tracking, echo chambers, unsolicited contact, bots, crypto, price fixing, and election interference. It is time to set boundaries that protect we the people — while we still can.
Category Archive: Government
Media, academia, and the public are clueless on how America is slipping into fascism – an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government. The damage will not be fully understood for years or decades. Few realize that in 1932 federal elections, nearly 14 million Germans voted for Hitler. The Nazi party did not take Germany by force. They were voted in!
Women see the big picture through the eyes of the heart, while men see life from their own perspective. Men are unable to filter out our problems.
I get skepticism of authority, and the desire to abolish hierarchical institutions. I see the point of free association, without ownership of production, in a stateless society. However, there are logic gaps that ignore reality, and keep the movement from being more viable. Let’s fix that.
The 2008 Crash was caused by collapse of mortgage-backed securities. Loans were given to non-credit worthy borrowers until the system collapsed. What is happening today that may cause a greater multi-level crash?
Once society widely understands what needs can never be met with democracy + capitalism, humanity will start seeking a better way forward. What are the two great problems that modern society cannot solve?
The larger our population and, ironically, the more information we have, the further the democracy seems to degenerate. Social media echo chambers are polarizing and dumbing-down our electorate. News has become propaganda. Being right at the expense of public benefit has become the norm. What is the state of American democracy?
Capitalism took off because it is the most efficient social coordination system to convert natural resources to capital. Democracy was selected because it created a broader top for more elite. Democracy also gives the feeling of enfranchisement to a growing middle-class. However, people are beginning to see how cumbersome electing officials is and how little political control they have. What would Democracy 2.0 look like?
Society today is dictated by laws written 80 or 150 years ago by long-dead entitled white men. Who says we have to live by the way of the dead? Especially, when most of their rules created a control system to protect the 1 percent’s wealth hierarchy. Here are 10 innovative ideas to make it easier to improve society for the youth of today.
Why is it important to understand what civilization is? Because you cannot improve or cope with something unless you know what it is and what actually is causing it.
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