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wolven7Americans: Why don't we demand better of our Legislature and our Executive? They have all put themselves in the tricky predicament of pandering to the people's latest technologicall needs and fashions. Whether it's YouTube, Twitter, the President's Blackberry, or whatever else, it's tricky, because it has put them all in the place of being able to be told what the people want, in Real Time.
This means that, when the bots are filtred and the people verified, immediate and direct response to Bills, Motions, Laws, and ANY AND ALL Policy Decisions can be had.
It will require Very Small infrastructure changes to make this useful and workable. A process that will: 1) Create Jobs 2) Make people more willing and able to get involved with the governemental process and 3) Make the process of Law Making more translucent. The word literally means "Letting Light Through" and I like it far better than I like "transparent," because that word, in regards to Motivations or Procedures always makes me think of Commander Vimes' realisation when Lord Vetinari said, "My motives are entirely transparent," namely Transparent can either mean you can see right through them... or that you can't see them at all.
But I digress. Please realise the power that this connectivity has, now that it's here. I've always bemoaned the entitlement culture in which we all live, by which i mean the fact that, when we are given a thing, we immediately begin to feel as if we are owed that thing, and that we deserve it, and how Dare you try to take it from us.
We have been given the means of direct access to and contact with the people who govern us.
We are owed this. We deserve this. And, if we start actually using it, properly, they'll try to take it away from us, and you Will Not Stand For It.
This brought to you by considerations of the following: http://wolven.livejournal.com/1565881.html
Have a good day.
This means that, when the bots are filtred and the people verified, immediate and direct response to Bills, Motions, Laws, and ANY AND ALL Policy Decisions can be had.
It will require Very Small infrastructure changes to make this useful and workable. A process that will: 1) Create Jobs 2) Make people more willing and able to get involved with the governemental process and 3) Make the process of Law Making more translucent. The word literally means "Letting Light Through" and I like it far better than I like "transparent," because that word, in regards to Motivations or Procedures always makes me think of Commander Vimes' realisation when Lord Vetinari said, "My motives are entirely transparent," namely Transparent can either mean you can see right through them... or that you can't see them at all.
But I digress. Please realise the power that this connectivity has, now that it's here. I've always bemoaned the entitlement culture in which we all live, by which i mean the fact that, when we are given a thing, we immediately begin to feel as if we are owed that thing, and that we deserve it, and how Dare you try to take it from us.
We have been given the means of direct access to and contact with the people who govern us.
We are owed this. We deserve this. And, if we start actually using it, properly, they'll try to take it away from us, and you Will Not Stand For It.
This brought to you by considerations of the following: http://wolven.livejournal.com/1565881.html
Have a good day.
