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Old 09-23-12, 05:40 AM   #7
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I came to the conclusion that human nature will always mess up all government, no matter the format. We will always mess it up, because we are how we are, and we are in principal a kit of (intellectual) high tech hardware run by an operation system from the stoneage.

This makes me turning my head towards solutions sometimes described in Science Fiction. The possibility of mankind being governed unbiased and invulnerable to any kind of corruption by an artifical intelligence, or an alien intelligence, or operating within a kind of infrastructure that by its very own structure prevents manipulation and selfishness of those interacting by it. In a way, Daniel Suarez' current bestseller "Daemon" and "Darknet" describe an example of the latter, although pumped up with plenty of action and drama, but the basic idea is interesting.

One thing is for sure: human government forms all fall to corruption and tyranny sooner or later. All. Democracy - obviously was not the answer to this millenia old, existential problem.
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