To be honest, modern governments are obsolete.
Think about it. Aside
from the dictatorships and monarchies of the world, governments have been
formed to ensure the well-being of a nation’s population. Enter most democracies and republics of the
world. Believe it or not, but communist
countries were also initially structured to serve the population, just like the
Bolshevik’s struggle to overthrow the Russian monarchy to create a first
socialist state, led by Lenin.[1] However, in almost every case, these
governments founded “by the people, for the people”, changed to compete in
global economies and with other countries ideologically. With few exceptions the benefits of
governance have slithered to some sort of ruling class. Popular democracies, republics and communist
nations have turned into oligarchies or plutocracies benefiting only a
precious few. Some countries, like the
United States of America and Russia, are plutocracies masquerading as
democratic republics and communist countries, respectively.
In our ideal world, we need to restructure governance to
give it back to the people, as it should be.
Even though I’m a fervent believer of decentralization, I believe
central governance is still needed, but it must be structured in such a way to
prevent abuse of power. Thankfully, our
understanding of human nature through science and technology allows us to
create an entirely relevant and incorruptible model of government.
As mentioned in the very first section, we want people’s
basic needs to be covered. To do this,
we need to have processes that ensures basic needs are distributed to those who
have difficulty taking care of themselves.
Here we include the socially forgotten, such as the elderly with no
family support, orphans, some sick citizens and a portion of the
handicapped. The automated systems that
feed our society need to be overseen whether they are government-run or
privately run. We need some people to
take care of regulating new discoveries and adapt to social, economical and
political changes in the world, much of which is beyond any individual nation’s
control. We need an entity that will
ensure our health and education system is up to par, adaptive and available to
all citizens without prejudice. We also
need some way to maintain and decide what infrastructures to build for cities
and urban areas impacting large sedentary and migratory populations. We need an agency to ensure the Internet
connects us and wavelengths used for such communications are only beneficial, don’t
cause disruption in different industries and uses protocols that play well with
other nation’s infrastructure deployments.
We need some form of organization that will take care of national
threats. Finally, we need to identify
some representative group or individual that will speak on behalf of the government
domestically and on behalf of the nation internationally.
These are national needs that are extremely hard to cover leveraging
disconnected individuals with a wide range of interests. They need to be organized and must be
unbiased so that everyone in the nation is treated equally.
Power, water and public transportation can definitively be
privatized or given away to the free market with regulation coming from a
governing body. Plenty of options to
choose from very soon to ensure every home, apartment and neighborhood has
those things covered. These can even be
subsidized by the government to ensure a great transition towards an
independence from the state for those elements.
As we move forward and develop new ideas as societies, we
may figure out great ways to decentralize more elements while keeping it
unbiased and fair, thus replacing whole public-sector organizations. Progress and replacement of a better system
should be a celebration whenever it becomes possible.
I recommend a structure where all the needs that need to be
covered by a central entity are organized by entity. Each entity is responsible for a single
aspect of social need and are directed by a democratically elected expert. Each ministry can be semi-independent from each
other following the regulations of the lawmaking entity. Each ministry would communicate with each
other through rules established by the lawmaking entity.
For this exercise, let’s call these entities “ministries”
even though depending on the nation, they may not be called such. At the center, we find the lawmaking ministry
that discusses and establishes laws fitting the people’s desires, wishes and
for the common good. All other ministries
must follow the laws, regulations and constitution put forth by the lawmaking
ministry, but they are not under its direction.
Then each ministry would communicate with each other directly in a
dynamic fashion to avoid overlap, conflicting goals and to generally get best
results. Artificial intelligence can
definitively be used to ensure each ministry receives regular suggestions on
changes in directions and adaptation based on each individual ministries’
decisions, to ensure optimal efficiency.
Currently, “government still
really works off how a 19th or 20th century society
works. In fact, I think right now,
politicians are just starting to barely wrap their heads around some of these
[technological] changes.”, says Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of
Ontario, Canada. An AI-assisted system
will help all these ministries adapt faster than any human organization could,
led by relatively small groups of expert human beings that take decisions for
all of us.
We know that
given the right institutional guidance, innovators, charitable personalities
and business people will drive an economy faster than any centralized
government could.[2],[3] Thus, the ministries don’t require many
employees. They do however, need highly
qualified individuals driven by the desire to do an excellent job that will
impact a whole nation, including spending national resources.
[1]
Communist Russia. Alpha History - http://alphahistory.com/coldwar/communist-russia/
[2] Empowering
the private sector to drive economic growth in low-income countries. UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030. Natural Sciences Sector (2016). - http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/empowering_the_private_sector_to_drive_economic_growth_in_lo/
[3]
Brent Wilton (September 2014). How the
private sector drives economic growth and well-being - http://www.tradeforum.org/article/How-the-private-sector-drives-economic-growth-and-well-being/
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