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Is there a good reason to assume that what comes after the revolution is better than what there is right now? Asking for a friend
In the aughts I thought it was such an obvious thing to do to make a wiki meant to feature all national (and regional) constitutional documents, cross-translated, ideally, with a place to put in suppositional sections and clauses (like changing the US federal elections from FPTP and a two party system. How would we word that in the Constitution of the United States so that it was ironclad?)
I assumed someone would make this wiki somewhere, especially since there are ongoing regime changes, and we want to help those factions that side with the public to figure out what they want. Right?
Nope. Legal think tanks are usually formed by billionaires to circumvent or subvert public-serving law. In laywer culture, helping the public is regarded as an altruistic sacrifice or a sign you're not good enough to defend white-collar criminals.
I'd think some university might want to host a wiki like this, so they could get big donations to shut it down a year at a time.
That actually sounds like an awesome idea. You could probably get a vps and set up mediawiki to run it yourself. The problem would be hosting cost depending bandwidth usage.
Explain this concept for me? I'm intrigued
Dual power refers to a situation where two separate governing bodies or authorities coexist within a single country or region, each claiming legitimacy and competing for control or influence. This typically emerges during periods of political or social upheaval when an alternative power structure is established alongside the existing one. The idea is that by building alternative institutions or systems, people can challenge and eventually replace the current dominant power structures.
I wonder this constantly, too
Objectively looking at our system of economics and governance has proven to not take the interests and plights of the people seriously, and is routinely highjacked by special interests to further their wealth and power at the expense of the working class and global environment.
If no fundamental change is made then ...
millions will die.
And those in power will write it off as an acceptable cost of doing business. They already have.
That isn't a hypothetical. That is the reality of climate change on our current trajectory that our current systems fail to accept and do something about.
So to answer your question, there is no alternative people are trying to speak of. Our society is already crumbling and it is not salvageable.
So we have a choice not about alternatives, but on if ending it now would mitigate casualties as opposed to letting the train derail naturally.
At least if we willingly make effort to change we can have some control of the situation in favor of the working class or at least have solace we died on our feet than on our knees