I post here a few questions that I think might be asked and my answers to them:
- What is the current definition of democracy ?
Well, I guess there is no better place to look for this than the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
-Why is this neither communism nor socialism nor capitalism ?
Because we preserve private property. Because there are no government, state,
upper class or leaders involved. Through participative
democracy we govern ourselves. If some group (religious, ethnic, social)
wants to separate, it can, but it will maintain balanced relationships
with the rest of the world population.
No one to control us but ourselves. We invest our money, we build and
live each by him(her)self, or as small groups or as large groups or as
nations or ... exacly how we wish now and here. We change or status,
place, creed or lifestyle whenever we want without asking anybody at
all.
-If there is no goverment who repairs the roads, who builds the dams,
who sponsors fundamental research ?
Well, we. A road connects two places where people live so, these people,
if they, of common accord and without conflicting with others, find it
necessary, finance it and build it. ...
Why is this not antiglobalism ?
Because we want global control, but in citizen's hands ?
-What about the existing transnational corporations ?
Well, they are going to achieve a new role: as our servants. Being able to
control their activities all over the globe we can contain them and put them at
our service, as they should be.
Everything is possible because everything can be changed. Is that simple.
What we need now is to define not a set of laws, but a set of common
agreements on how to actually implement the participative global
democracy.
-What about people in poor countries, who do not have Internet ?
The source of problems is us, the developed world. Let us start with us,
and by the time we sort ourselves out, they will have Internet too.
-How do we start ?
By improving the ideas exposed here and propagating them.
By displaying, linking and referencing verbally this and the
texts that will be written.
-What is the first expected result ?
A close-to-perfection form of the Constitution of the Participative
Democracy of Earth (CPDE - you name it better), translated in all languages
and known to millions of people.
-What are our means ?
Discussion forums and opinion polls. Not one of each, but lots of them,
to avoid being manipulated by individuals. Time will show if we will have
hundreds or just a handful.
-How do we measure success ?
By the influence our movement (forums and polls) will have on the
momentary political regimes. Once their actions will reflect our
(global population's opinion) we won and they are obsolete.
Is that simple. No slogans, no demonstrations, no fighting. Just
keeping in touch permanently with each other and expressing our
opinion (independent of and boycotting mass-media).
-What about UN ?
It will be absorbed within us.
-What about NATO, NAFTA, WTO, GATT etc. ?
They will lose purpose (since there will be no conflicts, no governments
and no corporations) and will become obsolete.
-What happens if we lose communication with each other ?
If this idea spreads fast, there will be not big enough conspiracy to
silence us out.
-What will be my task in this ?
To think for yourself and express your ideas. We must get used with thinking
for ourselves instead of getting it all pre-digested from mass-media.
-What can I lose ?
Just your cozy indifference.
-How long it will take ?
Between three and twenty (3 - 20) years.
-When do we start ?
Now. Because of the Internet, these things will happen anyway, sooner or later. But we better start it now.
