Democracy and Things

One of the superstitions that deserve extra treatment here because it is falsely, but generally, thought to be heaven, is democracy, the illusion that all earth citizens can-, and therefore should-, have a say in the crucial matter of government. When we want to arrive at a scientific-, ultimately fair, all citizens encompassing-, planetary government, one that is easily realisable in practice, and guarantees the optimal happiness for all, equal chances for all, it is clear that we must look at the stupidities of earlier methods, and certainly at the (still) existing ones. No nation, country, or large group (religion e.g.) has ever been found to be ruled other than by a dictatorship. The ONLY other alternative, namely ALL citizens deciding on ALL matters, a real democracy, has never been found except on small scale group- behaviour, and about insignificant problems (football clubs, card parties, etc.), nay, it is a sheer impossibility. When the dictating force is one person, it is called a dictatorship, often a tyranny. When it is a group, whether self installed or chosen by the majority, it has been called a democracy, yet remains in practice a dictatorship all the same. The minority in it, obviously, never has its way, it would in fact be very odd if it had, and ... it would be equally dangerous for Earth as well. Spencer asked what it would be like, if the majority decided that one should not live beyond 60. Democracy, or Democrazy, (the decision by the majority) in a family with three children, would result in a stupid life for all, consisting mainly of eating sweets, and playing in the mud outside, late into the night. Never would a parent have a stitch to say in the matter of education or simple health measures. (This is mankind. A shock of infants with an occasional grown-up inbetween.) Indeed, in such a family, the minimum of workability could only be reached by the use of a typically children's strategy for playing, i.e. the decision by the lot. It is then, and only then, that undesired (by the majority, the children) measures may turn out possible by a fifty procent chance (55). When a coin is used, it is fifty procent chance, when it is in the form of eeny-meany-miny-mo, the chances are even less (two parents, against three children). What is more, the dissatisfied always could cause a re-vote of some sort, thus negativating any measure. The early literature (Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, etc.) is full of such lottocracies, the governing of, by lot appointed persons. It is the factor common sense again. Since a child knows that the only solution for our planetary problems lies in a proper mondial government (an indisputable fact), the same child would agree to an eeny-meany- ... system of governing. But, it is equally clear that majority decisions (rule by referenda) is a sheer impossibility with 5 billion of citizens. Besides, the majority may, nay will, take the wrong, the very earth-destructive decisions. It seems to scientists that it is better to let the learned, the wise, govern. Naturally, the scientists can see what is damaging and what measures are necessary, they too are the only ones that can develop a fundamental, mondial ethics, guaranteeing all rights to all citizens. Scientists, then, should govern. But here is the obvious impossibility. Apart from they being ruled by applause, by the pressure to publish, by copyrights, etc. This choice for government out of the scientists, the thinkers, the wise, the commonsensical rationals, would be in violation of the very basics of fundamental ethics. It would mean an unwarranted discrimination. It would be possible to complain, correctly, why must I do it or why am I not included (meaning political parties, smuggling of arms ... war). Besides, these thinkers and scientists are necessary for doing what they have to do, i.e. think, not administrate. In so many words, the only group of people on Earth qualified for governing Earth, have something else to do and we must not discriminate them. Absolute democracy, being not possible, we must have a dictatorship, a group of governing people not chosen in a discriminating way, but as a duty for the group, not discriminatingly appointed. Our children when starting a game, our football matches that have to start, our choice of trumps in cards, they all show us the indiscriminating way, the only fair way, the only way against which absolutely no thinking citizen on Earth, can rise his protest, namely the working of the lot. Lottocracy cannot be objected to by sensible people, only by cranks. It is the only obvious-, and the only fair-, way of attaining the government. The principle can be used on the level of cities, of hemispheres, and, of course, for the whole planet. Scientists do not want the job. They have better things to do, yet, they would like to explain scientific truths to anybody who wants to hear. We must make certain that our governors are the first of those wanting to hear. So we arrive at a logical, fair, and scientific way to form a world-government.

• We put all citizens into a file of a computer, the computer produces two citizens at random every day, out of the group of say, 45 year olds, and they are the conscripts for a year, starting that very day.
• They are conscripts in the service of mankind, and their service of one year, includes 3 months for instruction in procedures, and ... in understanding scientists.
• When they govern, they know hardly a thing about the matter in hand but ... they have a conscience. Then, their office is right on the campus of a scientific establishment, so they can get all the advice necessary, and fast.
• Every day two join up, every day two are just finished. They need not stay on for the finishing of a job, they can just go.
• They are located all over the globe, they cannot therefore become a group or party with interests of their own, but are electronically linked up.

There is no, absolutely no, secrecy and they are solely interested in the well-being of mankind, in man's rights & duties, in human dignity. In this way they are just ... co-operatives.

Human society is as yet only a truce and not an alliance. Wells, The Passionate Friends.