Democracy:Upgrade

Birgitta Jonsdottir

What is democracy?

system error

...to ZERO it in order for it to work

*(Constitution is the agreement of a nation on what sort of society they choose to be).

The spirit of IMMI is in stark contrast with the serious attacks we are currently faced with.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

US government legally hacks into other nations' parliamentary private social media data.

We are strong, the power is ours:

we are many, they are few.

We are living in times of crisis.

We need to start a fresh system based on values other than consumerism

Which maximizes profit and self-destruction.

INSPIRE PARTICIPATION IN CO-CREATING THE REALITY YOU WANT TO LIVE IN!

Are you ready to co-create your society?

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What is a parliamentary representative?

What are the cornerstones of Democracy?

Who does he pledge alliance to?

Who is the system to serve?

Who writes our laws?

What is the purpose of a constitution?

the best solution is...

when a computer is too fragmented

I am an activist in parliament.

The more I understand how the system works, the more obvious it is to me that there is a serious:

We have reached this point in our democracies

too big, too alienated

our systems are

too difficult for the public to influence and impact on the (re) in the rePublic

we need to

zero the system

We are the system.

and install a new one

We are the government.

We are society.

We are the power.

We are the law.

Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, 1996

"Governments of the industrial world, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather."

John Perry Barlow

Empower people

TO ACT

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) describes it thus:

Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI)

awareness

"For the first time in American history, we have a law authorizing the worldwide and indefinite military detention of people captured far from any battlefield. The NDAA has no temporal or geographic limitations. It is completely at odds with our values, violates the constitution, and corrodes our nation's commitment to the rule of law."

“A parliamentary proposal unanimously approved by the Icelandic parliament in 2010, tasking the government to make Iceland a safe haven for freedom of information and expression, where privacy online would be as sacred and guarded as it is in the real world.”

direct democracy

immi.is

liquid add-on

The island Iceland in Brave New World

"The words galvanized Bernard into violent and unseemly activity. "Send me to an island?" He jumped up, ran across the room, and stood gesticulating in front of the Controller. "You can't send me. I haven't done anything. lt was the others. I swear it was the others." He pointed accusingly to Helmholtz and the Savage. "Oh, please don't send me to Iceland. I promise I'll do what I ought to do. Give me another chance. Please give me another chance." The tears began to flow. "I tell you, it's their fault," he sobbed. "And not to Iceland. Oh please, your fordship, please …"

"One would think he was going to have his throat cut," said the Controller, as the door closed. "Whereas, if he had the smallest sense, he'd understand that his punishment is really a reward. He's being sent to an island. That's to say, he's being sent to a place where he'll meet the most interesting set of men and women to be found anywhere in the world. All the people who, for one reason or another, have got too self-consciously individual to fit into community-life. All the people who aren't satisfied with orthodoxy, who've got independent ideas of their own. Every one, in a word, who's any one. I almost envy you, Mr. Watson."

Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - chapter xvi page 224

Crowd-source Constitution*

Legal monsters:

for and by the people

Craft our constitution

corporations and governments

freedom of information

expression and speech

Acta, Sopa, Pipa and now Cispa

the last free world is under

The cornerstones of society

Anti-terrorist acts abused to tear these liberties apart.

taking control

simplify our laws and agree on their spirit

Armies of corporate lawyers scrutinize every bit of news before we ever get to know the real stories that should remain in the public domain.

Law is crafted by and for the

1%

serious attack

Internet

reins of power

EU data retention law

making us all into terrorist subjects by default

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

aka the Homeland Battlefield Act.

Democracy: upgrade =

(re)Public – (r)evolution - (h)activist - H(e)art-h

Understand the importance of your participation!

We are running out of planet...

...so for the future of everything...

Now is the time for us to claim our power and take responsibility for co-creating our world

All systems are down:

banking, education, health, social, political

Install new system:

a new form of democracy of the future,

direct responsibility

direct liquid democracy

Let's embrace this time for it is the only time real changes are possible by the masses.

We need to downsize our systems so they can truly serve us and so we can truly shape them.

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wake up!

and start co-creating.

I have seen signs

the end of the world

as we know it

has begun

Don't panic

it might look terrifying

on the surface

but inside every

human being

a choice

to go under

or act

Earth is calling

Sky is calling

God is calling

Creation is calling

wake up, wake up now

Generate the capacity for love

for compassion in your heart

Now is the time

to yield to the call of growth

to the call of action

you are the change makers

Sleepers of all ages

wake up

wake up now