[governance] regulating the digital space - whose laws apply, and whose do not

[Daniel Kalchev]

On 27.08.11 22:01, Paul Lehto wrote:
> Basically, without real global democracy, you have a PROFESSIONAL, 
> FULL-TIME business interest consortium that pays people to do policy 
> and governance, against a VOLUNTEER PART TIME force of grass roots 
> activists. There's no fair match here, unless we can call the question 
> and submit it to a vote of the people. Paul Lehto, J.D.

Then, human life is short.

Even the most prominent activists realize at one point, that life is 
going on, with or without their "efforts". Most "volunteers" eventually 
end up in a chair high enough in the "governance" mesh and once there, 
forget how it was in the grass roots.
Handful of people are bright enough to survive this temptation, but as a 
rule those people are not interested.

Otherwise, I agree with you: however imperfect, the current 
multi-national system of governance works. It regulates more or less 
global trade, immigration etc. But it does not regulate the Internet. 
Not because of lack of desire, but because nobody in these 
'governmental' structures understands Internet.

You cannot regulate or police something that you don't understand.

Daniel

PS: 'real global democracy' is utopia, much like the 'advanced 
socialism' or 'communism' are. If only because these utopian ideas 
ignore the human nature.
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