It has to start somewhere. Might as well be here...
Humanity faces many existential threats (pandemic, climate, nuclear, biological, or technological) with no functional way to solve problems on a global scale. States are in competition with each other which makes the kind of trust and cooperation we need, on a global scale, almost impossible.
International initiatives and treaties are essentially unenforceable. The United Nations can only impose decisions that the five permanent members of the security council agree upon (which is rare) and has no real power otherwise. Democracy is tragically flawed because it was not designed to include everyone, being based on a model created hundreds of years ago for property owners to manage their collective interests. Despite the introduction of universal suffrage, politics remains dominated by powerful economic interests. Politicians with the most funding tend to be the ones elected. Many people don't bother to vote at all, seeing the system as corrupt. The internet has de-stabilized the political climate with people moving further into filter bubbles and populism rising around the world. More than ever, humanity needs a truly democratic system in which all people can participate on an equal basis. Hoping for unity will not make that happen. We need a mechanism to bring it about.
With a democratically controlled, non-profit web-platform providing services which people currently obtain from profit driven websites, we will organize grassroots communities together into a worldwide network.
A Digital Community Centre for the World.
Individual membership will require real names and involvement in a local community organization thus avoiding anti-social behaviours which are rampant on the internet due to anonymity and fake accounts. We are all members of some community: our workplace; school; religious, cultural or political group; social or sports club; neighbourhood and many other options. As individuals join this platform we will be linking our communities together. Each community will elect representatives to a local decision making body.
This network will provide the basis for democracy from below. Each local democratic group will send representatives to a higher decision making body. This process will continue until we reach national levels and an international decision making body for the world. Many union federations already function democratically this way.
The internet is a useful tool to organize ourselves but isn't dependable because it can go down periodically, be hijacked or destroyed. But we can use it to begin building a democratic system in the real world for everyone to cooperate on an equal basis.
One website can unite humanity democratically. And if we don't do it ourselves, Facebook, Google, Amazon or Apple will do it to us - undemocratically.
Only a united humanity will be able to solve the problems we are facing. Please join us!
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