From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 16:47:26 MST
In a more postmortal environment I'd propose a two part governmental system, part one being a house elected by proportional representation (with 6,000 members, each 0.1% = seat, i.e. one per million, allowing political swings in cultural/ethnic groupings to have a say). Part two being a powerful local government with one area seat per 1,000 persons, i.e. 6 million worldwide - with the ability to form loose coalitions - this is a high rate of representation, with a representative body about half the size of a Western police force, appropriate for a society with less violence and more cultural whims. Executive power within the proportional house would probably be best served with something close to the American system (seperate head and judiciary) but with a much weaker executive.
Solar system government? Yes, but decentralized, with very powerful and very small array of local governments (including coalitions) and strict rules about freedom to leave zones and freedom to pass through zones. Freedom to enter permanently might be subject to majority agreement or unaminous blocking. Universal base level human and sentient rights ought to apply. Issues such as allocation of virtuality resources (outside of the individual's brain) would be matters for the Solar government.
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