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Manifesto for a Global Democracy
- I have signed the Manifesto for a global democracy, I encourage everybody to support it. It starts by saying this:
- Politics lags behind the facts. We live in an era
of deep technological and economic change that has not been matched by a
similar development of public institutions responsible for its
regulation. The economy has been globalized but political institutions
and democracy have not kept pace. In spite of their many peculiarities,
differences and limitations, the protests that are growing all over the
world show an increasing discontent with the decision-making system, the
existing forms of political representation and their lack of capacity
for defending common goods. They express a demand for more and better
democracy.
- Global welfare and security are under threat. The
national and international order that emerged from the end of World War
II and the fall of the Berlin Wall has not been able to manage the great
advances in technology and productive systems for the benefit of all
humanity. On the contrary, we are witnessing the emergence of regressive
and destructive processes resulting from the economic and financial
crisis, increased social inequalities, climate change and nuclear
proliferation. These phenomena have already affected negatively the
lives of billions of human beings, and their continuance and mutual
reinforcement menace the peace of the world and threaten the survival of
human civilization. (The whole Manifesto can be read and signed here).
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