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I've realized that there is no point in explaining how the government works. I would have to do a resume. If you want a resume of how the government works, see "Politics of Canada" on wikipedia and have fun. I shan't waste my time when someone else has already gone through this very ordeal. On with the show.

Or not, since I'm clearly bored for having spent the last 23 minutes reading up the various entries for the word shit in the urban dictionary.


Okay, okay. back to work. It's not over yet. What's next? I've already decided that I would tackle the institution part later. Next comes the mandated by the people and made accountable to them. Well, the gov't is mandated by the people in the sense that the leaders are put there because of us, though indirectly.

How is the key. How does the gov't prevent the strong  from oppressing the weak? Justice. Is the legal system efficient? Uh Oh. This can't be good. This is an essay in it's own. How does it prevent it's citizens from solving their differences through violence? The Police?  No. The threat of punishment. That's what the police are there for. Enforcers more than protectors. There was that one Youtube vid...

Problem being that there are many different levels of governance, and the head is too concerned with it's own existential issues to know exactly what the hands are doing, where the feet are, what the heart rate is and what kind of mineral is lacking in the diet. The head isn't even aware of such mundane things, and its the same with any nation. What is needed is diligence, because no amount of  management can control everything in any way.. But diligence is unattainable. How do you get everyone to do what they should be doing, as much as they can, honestly and while trying to understand each other? Can you pay them to do this? No, there cannot be a reward, it should be done from the heart. To look at how online communities function.... The Dollars (baccano) have no group leaders, no hierachy. We have an infrastructure. Everything else is spontaneously added by members of the group who act as controls on their own authority, and they seek to represent the group diligently because they have no official authority other than the recognition of their peers... Hey hey wait I have something here... No one wants to be alienated, so most people obey the rules of respect, despite anonymity. Those that do not conform are shunned by the others, not by any figure of authority. Is that a feasible model? Doesn't that sound like a mix of mob mentality and "the nail that sticks up must be hammered down"? Though there is crowd control that occurs with externals seeking to join, or so I've heard. Perhaps Ayanavi knows more about that. Will have to find her sometime this weekend.

[edit: what keeps things civil in the Dollars is the fact that we are so basic that we lack the ability to even make group decisions via polling... All we can do is rally as many supporters as possible and make our opinion known in the maelstrom of other discussions and irrelevant topics flying around. Of course, because we don't manage anything except the site and have no responsibilities, this is unimportant. Though I will have to, I suppose, bring it up now... And find out if the Dollars need a governing infrastructure. it will be an interesting debate, I think.]