A Modest Proposal to Reign in Sociopaths
We wring our hands and shake our fists. We petition our political rulers. All for naught.
You see, politics attracts sociopaths and control freaks. And absolute power drives them to frenzy.
Sociopaths don't do mercy. Control freaks don't relinquish control.
Bit by bit, they steal our freedoms and crush resistance.
And we beg them to stop. All for naught.
So, do we ignore them and let them be?
No!
There's a technical solution to all this. And it's well within reach.
Light!
Roaches thrive in darkness. Perhaps bright lights are in order?
Bright lights to scatter the roaches and to keep them at bay.
Bright lights to wake those asleep and to inform their consciousness.
Bright lights to expose and shame.
Five or six corporations own our TV networks, TV stations, newspapers, publishers, movie distributors, and many of our politicians. Why use their platforms to make change?
Bright lights. Our platform. Our terms.
Let's build and promote a bright lights social platform for identifying bad laws, bad prosecutors, bad judges, and bad politicians.
There will always be sociopathic, politically opportunistic prosecutors and writers of bad, unconstitutional laws. But let's make them pay. On our platforms; our terms.
SOPA was a warning. The torture of Aaron Swartz, a call to action.
Let's use the internet to restrain sociopathic control freaks before they make it impossible to do so.
Don't ask for new laws. Post editable proposals online with hyperlinks, voting, mobile, and other social features.
Don't beg for the removal of bad laws. Post a list of laws that just must go. Let our fellow citizens participate effortlessly.
Etc. Etc.
Does any of this make sense? If so, let's hear it. If not, the status is quo.