https://www.reddit.com/r/democracy/comments/1ie9v2r/why_is_designing_democracies_so_fcking_hard/
created by Ok-Insurance-1867 on 31/01/2025 at 07:53 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
Hey fellow polsci enjoyers.
As a german, it is a natural question to ask oneself why and how democracies fail and how to guarantee their stability, and i feel like the best way to learn about politics is to do them.
So, i made a server where all members' goal is to build and maintain a democracy. What strategies could i implement and which ones have historically been successful?
By the way, if you want to join, feel free ;)
Discord: https://discord.gg/KKYU26jn[1][2]
1: https://discord.gg/KKYU26jn
2: https://discord.gg/KKYU26jn
Comment by yourupinion at 31/01/2025 at 14:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Claude. Simple.
Understanding KAOS: A Simple Guide to a Global Opinion Database
What is KAOS?
KAOS (Knowledge As Our Savior) is the simplest thing you can imagine: a place where anyone can share their opinion about anything, and those opinions are saved forever without being changed or deleted.
Think about how you use the internet today. You might:
The problem is that each of these platforms controls and changes what people see. They decide which reviews to show first, which to hide, and sometimes even which to delete. They do this to make money, but it means we can’t fully trust what we’re seeing.
KAOS is different. It does one thing only: it collects and stores opinions. No changing them. No hiding them. No deciding which ones are more important. Just collecting and saving them exactly as people share them.
How Would You Use It?
Using KAOS would be as simple as using Google. You wouldn’t need to learn anything new. You could:
1. Share an opinion about anything
2. Search for what others think about any topic
3. Choose how much personal information to share
4. Link to updated opinions if you change your mind
That’s it. Everything else - all the fancy ways to analyze or display the information - would be built by others using this database of opinions.
The Identity System
When you share an opinion, you can choose how much about yourself to reveal:
Think of it like putting a sign in your yard - some people want everyone to know their opinion, while others prefer to keep their thoughts private. KAOS lets you choose.
Why Trust Matters
KAOS will be the first worldwide institution that people can fully trust because:
1. It only does one simple thing
2. It never changes or deletes anything
3. It’s completely transparent
4. It’s owned by the public
5. It doesn’t try to make money from manipulating opinions
This trust is crucial because it means people can finally have a reliable source of what others really think.
How Would People Judge Information?
Each person decides how to weigh different opinions. For example:
The system doesn’t make these judgments for you - you decide what matters based on context.
The Power of Delegation
KAOS includes a system where you can:
This creates a web of trust that helps handle complex issues while maintaining transparency.
The Value of Data
Every opinion shared has value. When companies want to use this data, they would pay for it. This money could:
Why Global From Day One?
KAOS needs to launch worldwide because:
How It Helps Us Grow
KAOS isn’t just about collecting opinions - it’s about helping humanity get better at:
By seeing how others think and why they believe what they believe, we naturally develop better understanding of each other.
What KAOS Doesn’t Do
It’s important to understand what KAOS isn’t:
It’s simply a database of public opinion. Everything else - all the ways to analyze, display, and use the information - would be built by others using this foundation.
Getting Started
The biggest challenges are:
1. Building the basic infrastructure
2. Getting initial funding
3. Finding academic partners
4. Launching globally
But the concept itself is simple: collect opinions, store them unchanged, make them searchable. Everything else grows from there.
The Future with KAOS
Imagine a world where:
This is what KAOS could help create - not through complex technology or artificial intelligence, but through the simple act of collecting and preserving human opinions.
In Conclusion
KAOS is:
Its power comes not from what it does, but from what it allows others to do with reliable, transparent opinion data.
Comment by gustoreddit51 at 31/01/2025 at 14:45 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A thing I see missing from most government designs under a capitalist consumer society is a base level assumption, baked in its processes and functions, that both citizens and businesses ***will be*** dishonest and nefarious and will eventually corrupt the system at every level (like where we are now) at the expense of the people.