Mind's Eye Re: A Call To Democratic Arms?

Life has already been a game of Monopoly! That's a major part of the
problem(s).

I would implant the chip in another spot.

You will have to address religious and cultural systems that promote
sexism, racism and ageism.

On Jan 9, 2:36 pm, andrew vecsey <andrewvec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In my science fiction novel "A Short History of a Long Future - A Guide for
> New-man", I wrote a scenario that applies to this discussion. Before Allan
> starts to let off his gas, the "I" is not "me" and it IS a science
> fiction.  Below is the relevant excerpt from my novel.
>
> "One unexpected day the centralized data banks were infected with computer
> viruses that erased their entire data banks. The multiple backups of the
> last 10 years were also suddenly discovered to have been compromised.
> Overnight electronic data of all money was irretrievably wiped out. Money
> in all of its form and all its trace disappeared. The banks and their
> services shut down immediately and all flow of money seized.
>
> I developed a device that measured mental and physical exertion done for
> doing a series of tasks. I developed a financial system that did not
> include banks. It was a decentralized system where everyone was his own
> bank. It was based on my device. This measurement device allowed money to
> be based not on gold, oil, or promises, but on human exertion. The amount
> of this new money was to be based on the number of users. There was to be
> no central governing point and the only regulation were in the algorithms
> governing the issuance of money and in the initial registration. It was a
> just-in-time system that issued just enough money at just the right time
> and place to just the right person to ensure educational and health well
> being.  The system was to be open and algorithms were to be proposed and
> written by users themselves.
>
> I also developed a workable replacement for the once existing centralized
> banks. It was a peer to peer networked system that allowed everyone to be
> his own bank. It was free to join with only one requirement. - you had to
> have a chip inserted into the forehead under the skin. The chip came with
> an account containing 1 million dollars to last you a lifetime and pay for
> your basic living needs.
>
>  All countries adopted the implantation of the chip as a basic human
> right.  My system provided all the requirements that make money workable.
> It could not be counterfeited and could not be stolen or lost. It was based
> on a unique code signed with each person's unique biometric signature. It
> could be saved and it was always redeemable anywhere anytime automatically.
>
> Everyone who wanted to work and get paid had to use his system which was
> implanted into the forehead. Everyone who wanted to buy anything had to
> have this implant as well. It acted as a electronic money bank account. To
> fill it you had to work as usual. You could invest your capital by buying
> company stocks. You gambled your investment betting to profit by buying
> into a hopefully successful venture but risking to lose it should the
> ventures fail.
>
> Your inheritance was limited to family heirlooms and houses. Your total
> accumulated wealth was also limited to a certain amount guaranteeing a very
> high standard of living. Anything over this was redistributed back to the
> people who you got it from. You were rewarded for this contribution in the
> form of highly valued merit awards that came with valued prestige.There was
> no income tax but you paid a sales tax on all items you bought. Food,
> clothing and other living necessities were exempt from tax. Sales tax paid
> for all public facilities and services like government, roads, hospitals,
> schools, fire department and police.
>
> Within a few months of offering the accounts, everyone wanted an implant.
> It was free, came with a start-up capital of $1,000,000, and gave you the
> promise of a secure future, and the hopes of becoming wealthy. For the
> skeptical there was an opt out possibility. Their accounts would be locked
> and after a year they would be able to re join and continue where they left
> off. By replacing banks and eliminating money speculation, poverty was
> greatly reduced world wide. Everyone became their own bank. Everyone became
> an account.
>
> Accounts below the start-up capital could spend only a maximum of $2,000 a
> month on products and services. But could still invest a part in stocks.
> Accounts over the start-up capital could form public companies and sell
> company stocks. Accounts over $10,000,000 automatically overflowed to the
> accounts with the least capital and were duly credited with distinguished
> awards of achievement and merit.
>
> A few people refused to become accounts and to have the implants because of
> religious beliefs. They usually lived out in the country and tried to live
> off the dying land. They believed that the implants were prophesied in
> their bible as the sign of the devil. Greed took on a new meaning for many.
> It was no longer desirable to have as much as you can but to give as much
> as you must and thus get as many merit points as you can.  New aims and
> goals surfaced. Competition changed to cooperation.  Many rich ended up to
> be great philanthropists. Life became like a game of Monopoly."
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:16:47 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote:
>
> > The human world is in a mess.  It's hard to express what is going on.
> > My guess is we are being ruled by a small, unelected, hidden politburo
> > we could call banksters.  I take this as metaphor, much as I would the
> > notion the rulers are alien lizards.  I also guess they have skewed
> > any dialogue we have to make it very difficult to identify the real
> > problem we face through argument.  This is more or less a 'Dr Who'
> > predicament, though I suspect it is the real one we face.
>
> > Those of us who are democrats (small d) know the answer.  We want a
> > human world at peace and our institutions based on real democracy with
> > government as unobtrusive as possible in the lives of reasonable
> > individuals.  This, sadly, is the easy bit.  Even something as easy as
> > this is potentially totalising and fascist.
>
> > Much, of course, has been written on this, and my conclusion is this
> > can't be helping much.  My own country, Britain, has made some kind of
> > decision to give up empire, but we clearly cling to the coat-tails of
> > the USA through the dupes or war criminals we elect - or who know a
> > secret case not made to us that justifies war and other rotten
> > policies.  If I was capable of listing all the literature I've read on
> > this matter I wouldn't finish until sometime after a week tomorrow and
> > I'm by no means a specialist.  Even if the democratic parts of this
> > literature is right, it doesn't convince me of any course of action,
> > as almost none of it explains how we might lay down the arms of the US
> > umbrella without giving up to something worse or simply as bad run by
> > people less favourable to my ethnicity.
>
> > My belief is we must change what dialogue and argument are to address
> > a move to real, global democracy.  We have new technology that would
> > allow this, but currently it is being subsumed into the skewed form
> > that has allowed domination through the ages.  It could be that this
> > technology would tell us we need the American Empire.  I rather hope
> > it would rather be a call to democratic arms and very substantial
> > changes in what we do and can be.  Any suggestions as to what this
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