My recent book interview with Kim Iversen. Our topics: . * War, inequality & govt corruption: insoluble in the current political framework. * 'Third draft democracy': constitutional tools to decontaminate politics, decentralize information, cleanse the.

Lots of talk now about the disintegration of democracy. I don't think the US has been a Republic or a democracy since (at least) Nov 22, 1963. A reformist president was murdered in broad daylight, & all 18 subsequent administrations covered it up. America's problems are

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Any political party would attract more support if it pledged to reform the constitution with a 'Bill of Change':. - Deliberative democracy.- Direct democracy.- Proportional representation.- Zero money in politics.- Deep civic education.- Break-up of media cartels. No-one, Left or

This is me in a B-52 bomb crater in northern Cambodia, ~10y ago. There were craters all through this forest. But no bombs were dropped on the adjoining village. As the village was a sitting duck, the locals believe the American pilots can only have done this on purpose, to

Everywhere, government has slipped from popular control. It's not one bad leader. It's not 'the Left', or 'the Right'. It's an obsolete political design, riddled with bad incentives. You don't fix Level 2 without fixing Level 1. If we want to curb war, poverty & debt, our

RT @DDemocrat520: By exerting political influence in the years to 2009, Lawrence Summers—a hedge fund manager—had intervened to prevent reg….

Increasingly, our politics spins its wheels. Why do we fixate on it?. Is this a kind of neurosis—a 'displacement activity'? Like tidying the house as an avalanche bears down?. Does tracking the political drama soothe us, & afford the illusion of forward movement?. Is it just the

Most democracy activists want to defend democracy against its enemies. Hold the line. I don't think that's working. The way to defend democracy is to expand it. Great democracies (Classical Athens, early American Republic) continually expanded:. Rights.The franchise.Civic

War, pollution, inflation. Falling real wages, declining public health, overpriced healthcare. $36-trillion deficits, polarisation, low-grade politicians. Do we keep attacking these things individually (whack-a-mole)?. Or do we re-democratise the West (many birds, one stone)?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹/𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:. In modern democracies, we are the 'principal' & legislators the 'agent'. Most of the evils of governance are 'agency costs': things politicians do for their own benefit, & their donors' benefit - but

Left v. Right is our uber-psyop. Beneath that distraction, the work of modern politics is to transfer our wealth to the corporations that have captured our legislatures. Few who oppose this work will get endorsement by a major party, campaign money, or media coverage. Our

Humans wouldn't have survived a million years of ice ages & genetic bottlenecks if we weren't good at co-operation & compromise. That capacity hasn't gone anywhere. It's just been interrupted by an obsolete political design. #PoliticalBooks #BookReview

RT @DDemocrat520: The subject of democratic decline has now begun making its way up humanity’s ever-growing list of anxieties. Hundreds of….

ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨𝕤:. 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙩. 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲

𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 & 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 & 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼

A sea of ink is spilled each year to describe to us the problems of American politics. Though some of it is accurate, little of it is relevant. Not a word describes first causes: the root of the wars, the homelessness & the public health crises. This root problem is that the

Tired of crises?. They nearly all stem from corporate-captured government. The fix? Re-design democracy. #ChangeTheWorld #AntiCorruption

The country is falling apart not because a fascist suddenly arrived at the White House, but because the Constitution has been worked around & undermined for decades. And most of all because it hasn't been updated for the 21st Century. This ain't just a MAGA thing. You can buy a.

RT @DDemocrat520: What resulted from the birth of democracy in 508 BC was not mob rule, chaos, or the reign of the lowest common denominato….