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My recommended read is Principia Politica by @nntaleb. The question is how to look at & discipline politicians through the complex systems perspective (nature, ecosystems, complexity) and thus shape the processes bottom-up reflecting on Fractal Localism. academia.edu/38433249/Princ…
We must keep those in power & the bureaucrats constantly in check. Bottom-up. Decentralization. We have to bother them, demand more from them, and make them feel uncomfortable if they don’t keep their political promises or don’t deliver. We have to expose them too when necessary!
The State, its bureaucrats, politicians as well as supranational organizations are not masters but are to be seen as (social) servants providing a specific social good that is desired by a healthy mass of citizens (collective service, good, demand). Otherwise, social parasitism.
Instead of more centralization at all levels, old bureaucrats and out of touch with reality politicians, we should put all our focus on citizens' empowerment, strengthening communities and families, & decentralization. More power to the younger generation & diversity of opinions.
Politics must be in the first place shaped ‚for the people, with the people and by the people‘. Promote educated and self-confident citizens and strong communities, and you’ll have more responsible politicians.
The greatest illusion is to expect that more centralization and bigger bureaucracy will solve the problems of corporate capitalism and cronyism. Did the state regulate the Big Banks following the Great Financial Crisis? They are much bigger now. How about Monsanto? No chance.
Another example is the #EU bureaucracy that needs more transparency, less centralization, and certainly fewer lobbyists. Eventually, all institutions develop the same sickness - too much centralization that is bureaucratic overkill par excellence sterilizing any leadership.
Furthermore, top-down centralization enables global corporate control, resulting in crony corporate capitalism, now being labeled as 'the bad capitalism' in the debate on relaunching socialism. However, market capitalism that is based on the free market economy is just fine!
Systemic drivers are financialization of global economy; wealth centralization; indebtedness (public & private); Big Banks, Tech, Agriculture, Oil, Food etc; centralization of political power; overwhelming corruption; slow citizens empowering & lack of sense of higher purpose
A legitimate question is: What happens to a society in which the parasites such as corrupt politicians are allowed to run again and bankers are bailed out while teachers, nurses ets. struggle to survive?
Another legitimate question: What is the added value of politician A, B, C. etc. for the communities, the society, the concrete field of activity etc.? “The most despicable parasites are those who subsist on the fruit of other people's labor”.
Bottom-up technology must step in & create transparency. If the state and bureaucrats use control measures that hurt our privacy, citizens can launch measures to control their activities (apps that follow their participation in plenary meetings, transparent public spending etc.)
To sum up, I agree with and strongly recommend Taleb's Principia Politica as a body of principles and norms that could create and promote transparency of intentions, goals, and means applied by politicians in a decentralized network of decision making.
