PETE: Good morning, William. I thought of another idea recently to get more women in power by stealth. This would probably only work on the local scale, but as the saying goes, "all politics is local", and "you can't fight CITY Hall".
Enter "Demarchy", also known as "sortition" or "lottocracy" (see Wikipedia article here), where our leaders are selected at random by lottery, much like jury duty. Ancient Athenians did that, as do the Amish to this day. Problem is, both are/were extremely patriarchal. My idea is, do that, at first gender neutral, but very crucially, unlike jury duty, make it OPTIONAL, so if one is selected, they are free to decline it without penalty, and select someone else, and so on. That way, mostly Women will choose to take the positions, which will be more responsibility but very little added perks compared to not serving, and we all know how most men are congenitally allergic to responsibility, lol. Men would be far more likely to opt out. Result will be Women ultimately having more power than men, and the rest will be history, or should I say, HERSTORY.
What do you think?
WILLIAM: Hi Pete
I have heard of the Demarchy, concept before. I agree that most men are not interested in political power but the problem is with the minority of men who do want political power. These men will do or say anything to gain power and use Machiavelli tactics to do this. Also the weakness of any democratic system is that wealthy men will bribe politicians to do what they want and unfortunately there are women politicians who are just as corrupt as male politicians.
I think the only idea that might work is to have a matriarchal political party, of only women. Who believe in caring for the people they rule. Although I’m sure feminists will be strongly opposed to this and the party has to be strict about stamping out bribery and corruption.
Regards William
PETE: You are probably correct, William. I will think on this some more.
Thank you for your insights 😊
Pete
(PETE ADDS SOME ALLITERATION: Alas, as I like to say, Mechanization is no match for the Machiavellian machinations of the moneyed elites. Most of whom are MEN.)
WILLIAM: Hi Pete
There is another way to look at this. While I was writing my latest book I was wondering that if God is a woman, then why are we living in a patriarchal society? You would assume that She would ensure that women ruled the world. But if I’m right that the purpose of our planet is for women to teach men how to love. Then She might of thought that perhaps letting men rule the world, might teach men some sense of responsibility. But I don’t think that has worked out.
But perhaps MotherGod is changing her mind about this, as we see with the rise of the Suffragettes and Feminists in the 20th century. So if MotherGod has decided that women should rule the world then that is going to happen.
Regards William
PETE: Much to think about here, but I think you are right about that, William. Thank you for your excellent insights as usual.
May your last prediction come true soon, Goddess willing!
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