Sort of a Manifesto: Toward a New Model of Collective Governance

Throughout history, humans have shared remarkably consistent desires: peace, food, water, shelter, safety, belonging, respect. Across geography, language, and culture, these fundamental needs remain universal. And yet, as we look at the state of our world—wars in Ukraine, conflicts in Israel and Gaza, widespread famine, displaced populations—we see billions suffering, often powerless to influence the very systems that govern them.

The Problem: The Few Convince the Many

The pattern repeats: a small group—whether political elites, oligarchs, or ideologues—steer the course of nations. They leverage power, wealth, and persuasion to manufacture consent, suppress dissent, and advance agendas that serve narrow interests. Meanwhile, the vast majority, who would never voluntarily vote for war or scarcity, watch as decisions unfold beyond their reach.

Representative democracies were designed to solve this problem by electing proxies: congresses, parliaments, senates. But these proxies, while valuable, have become susceptible to the same corruption, manipulation, and apecial interests they were meant to restrain. Lobbyists, misinformation, and campaign financing distort representation until elected officials serve the powerful more than the people. Moreover, these systems are too slow and rigid to respond to urgent crises. As a result, executives and presidents often act unilaterally, especially in times of war or emergency, sidelining the very people they represent.

The Proposal: Direct Global Governance via Blockchain

In an age of unprecedented technological advancement, we have tools that our ancestors could never have imagined. Blockchain technology offers a possible path forward: a secure, transparent, distributed ledger that can give every individual a verified voice. Imagine a system where each global citizen holds a unique cryptographic identity, granting them one vote on matters that affect their lives.

This isn’t direct democracy in the classical, chaotic sense. Instead, elected officials would shift roles: from power-wielding authorities to administrators and facilitators. But more importantly, these officials would no longer be primarily lawyers, career politicians, or master orators. Instead, they would be individuals drawn from fields of real-world expertise—scientists, engineers, military strategists, economists, and business leaders. People skilled at problem-solving, critical thinking, and practical application. Their task would be to craft creative solutions based on science, facts, and continuous feedback from small, real-world prototypical experiments.

Rather than lobbying politicians behind closed doors, groups seeking change would need to convince the people directly. And elected facilitators would focus their talents on designing and optimizing how best to implement the will of an informed public.

A System of Consensus, Not Control

Such a system would have built-in safeguards:

- Weighted Participation: Thresholds could ensure proposals require wide engagement before triggering votes.

- Expert Panels: Non-binding expert reviews could accompany each proposal to educate voters.

- Transparency: Every vote recorded immutably, publicly auditable, impossible to secretly tamper.

- Privacy: Individual identities protected while aggregate results remain fully open.

The result is a system where power is decentralized. Manipulation becomes more difficult when millions must be convinced directly, rather than a few key leaders. Propaganda loses effectiveness in a world of distributed information and verified, immutable records.

From Proxy to Partnership

Elected representatives would evolve into facilitators of governance, helping their communities navigate complex issues and implementation logistics. Citizens, empowered with tools of education and deliberation, would wield real authority—not just every four years, but as often as needed.

The Human Foundation

At its heart, this proposal rests on a simple belief: most people, most of the time, want peace, security, and dignity. It is the few, driven by greed, fear, or ideology, who lead us toward suffering. By giving power directly to the many, we may finally align our governance structures with the shared hopes that have always united humanity.

This is not utopia. It is simply a better experiment.