Spaceship Earth
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spaceship earth is alive
she produces everything humanity needs
including
the perfect atmospheric system for us to
thrive in
she does this with no effort so long as
we don’t upset her balance
by not understanding that spaceship
earth is one integral system
we have sadly made her weaker we have
compromised our very own basis for
existing on earth we need to change that
path
now but how do we do that
my name is susanne hart i’m a human
being
caring about creating a new path for
humanity so that we can live more
fulfilling lives in harmony
with a healthy planet after being a
politician for some years
i had to find out why the system is not
working to deal with the rapid changes
we need to bring about in this time i
think i found an
answer and it has to do with how we as
humanity has
given away our power so what is
democracy
democracy means the will of the people
the real people
not companies not institutions each
person’s voice has equal weight
regardless of status or wealth in a true
democracy
people choose the governing systems and
when to change them
because the people are on the very top
of the pyramid of power
power is then decentralized through all
the population behind it
in a representative democracy like most
of us experience now
the individuals give away their power to
a few elected politicians
like me and power starts becoming
centralized
it is easier to influence a small group
of people than many
so whenever power is centralized it
becomes more vulnerable for manipulation
it lays a lot of responsibility on an
elected politician’s shoulders
to not be influenced towards directions
that are bad choices for humanity
because people are who we work for
elected politicians have some
centralized power
but the real centralized power has been
accumulated through a long
history of building society it is not
easy to detect and politicians often get
to blame for its consequences
but truth is we politicians have a
shockingly limited room for maneuver
to change paths in society we become
occupied inside the already fixed frame
rules
like being kids in the sandbox arguing
in which direction to move that truck in
a time demanding big
change we cannot waste good people’s
enthusiasm and drive
about contributing to real change like
that we need to use
all forces in changing the frame instead
and why is this so difficult inside the
present system
the very frame around the sandbox is the
system
we have built together through the years
we did it in good faith
it has given us a civilized society and
lots of efficiency
it is our governing system with all its
rules of the game
we created a game which now has gained a
power of its own
it has become the biggest centralized
power of all times
and it is heading towards a place not
suitable for humans
but wait a minute in a real democracy
people can change the governing system
at any time
so why cannot our politicians do that
now
the answer is sadly that any institution
based on power
will work towards gaining even more
power because the system is never human
it works for its own survival not for
humanity
now we are in a situation where almost
all communication between people
including our very private messages to
nearing their ones
is gathered in huge data centers
our most intimate life has become a
product for sale
to anyone that wants to learn how to
manipulate us
this has become a huge democratic
problem
and this gap must be closed by demanding
encryption of data in both the sender
and receiving end
so that no platforms can read and store
your personal data
centralized power in the form of data is
strong enough
to influence democratic power the same
goes for centralized
power through money religion and media
real people care about thriving and
making sure that their children and
grandchildren thrive too
into the future it’s just pure and
simple love
we have let non-human centralized power
structures
influence the direction for too long we
can change the direction of spaceship
earth but that means taking back
a real democratic power only humanity
can feel the consequences if this goes
wrong
only we can fix it together let’s start
by becoming aware
of where we can find centralized power
in our society
today and how it works then
let’s design a better solution i
don’t have all the answers but i do
believe that rehumanizing democracy
is vitally important for us and for our
planet
let’s find ways to rehumanise democracy
starting from today
thank you
you