A brief history of fixing humanity. 🤝 🌍

Humanity is not having a good century so far.

Endless wars, global pandemics, rich dying of disinformation, poor dying of famine & flood, rising populism, declining freedoms and occasional economic collapse & austerity.

There is a simple solution..

..but first a little “why”.

In the UK & US we like to think that we live in a practical democracy; that it’s “a place where the people really decide regularly how to be governed”.

This myth is based on the facade that depicts a real, meaningful choice at the ballot box.

Here’s why it’s no real choice:

Putting aside your red-team/blue-team politics for a moment; let’s look at the construct of our “political elite”..

Predominantly white, privately educated, wealthy men.

So why the demographic skew?

Well, for one thing, politics here and in the US wasn’t built to a truly democratic design.

Democracy is an illusion.

In both cases it has evolved from a monarchic/religious power base which still holds most of the wealth and power today, especially here in the UK.

But I vote don’t I?

Yes; but consider the myriad of things you care about… your job, health, tax, commute, kids’ education, digital privacy, local forest…