This is a rough idea I've recently had, so bear with me.

The idea is a synthesis of demarchy and direct democracy, with technical experts (technocrats) playing an advisory, non-executive role.

The political process could start with a citizen starting a petition. If the petition has reached an appropriate number of signatories (which would depend on the nature and scope of the petition itself) before expiry, then a session is convened consisting of 6 (or 12?) ordinary...

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]These are just a bunch of postings i've made on this topic. I had a discussion with a comrade offline about this stuff and it got me thinking about compiling all these into one post. [/FONT][/COLOR]

There's a lot of stuff in here, from the material feasibility of nuclear power as a global solution, to the issues of Indigenous 'land rights', 'progress' and technocracy.

This post is more for me than for general consumption, as there is also some...