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US76 - We The People Branch of Government
| Create a new branch of government that includes we the people and give them a competing currency for participation. | |
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We can literally hire ourselves as our own representative in a new branch of government I call the We The People Branch. We should also mint a new competing currency and reward participation in this branch that should have the most authority of all the branches. If a policy should be a failure it could rectify it faster then any other branch could especially when it is gridlocked between parties.
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Today we live in a world of instant communication and an internet democracy is possible even those without a computer could participate through phone or similar system. Our current representative democracy is crippled and not moving fast enough for the issues at hand.
This sounds exactly like what you are talking about:
http://osixs.org/Rev2_menu_commonsense.aspx
http://osixs.org/Rev2_menu_commonsense.aspx
Think Local First
I think it's obvious that the ruling class won't let this happen on a national level any time soon, but we could do it on a local level by running our people for positions of public office, like county boards and city boards, as well as mayors etc.
Free State Project members in New Hampshire are having success getting elected as state reps and others get elected as selectmen etc on the local level. And some are trying to start "Free Towns", which I'm also promoting.
I think it's obvious that the ruling class won't let this happen on a national level any time soon, but we could do it on a local level by running our people for positions of public office, like county boards and city boards, as well as mayors etc.
Free State Project members in New Hampshire are having success getting elected as state reps and others get elected as selectmen etc on the local level. And some are trying to start "Free Towns", which I'm also promoting.
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last reply by BillO on May 18
Hey - something like this website maybe? (2 replies)