Category: Politics: Show Business for Ugly People
Friday, March 16, 2007
Via AssignmentZero, I discovered this manifesto from a supposed new "open source political party" in Massachusetts that says their aim is to start by electing a member to the Boston City Council.
This is our 10-point platform:
- We support the democratization of local governments through the use of digg-style lawmaking.
- We believe social media websites represent the future of participatory governing.
- We believe traditional voting processes should be augmented with secure web-based voting systems.
- We want to see open source software, formats and philosophies replace proprietary products such as the ruling Microsoft monopoly in public agencies.
- We demand that all politicians keep regularly updated blogs, with open comment systems, to maintain contact with their constituents.
- We want to see wiki-style collaborative writing of proposed laws and bills.
- We demand that all governing bodies publish Youtube-style video of all public meetings and votes.
- We support a total reform of patent, copyright and intellectual property law to reflect free and open Creative Commons-style licensing.
- We are against the implementation of draconian DRM systems.
- We want open VOIP, email and IM lines of communication with our elected officials.
Two reactions:
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I liked their ambition, and seemingly democratical drive.
Regarding their "poor execution", I have the feeling that the people who wrote that are below 30. Expect to see a lot of nonsense coming from younger generations that are very capable on certain tech related aspects, but totally ignorant and incapable to see the "big picture"...where geography, social issues, political systems and business converge. I am not so surprised by their confusion. And it is global phenomena!
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